Tech Geeks Finally Finding Dance Partners Thanks to Kinect

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After Microsoft's Xbox Kinect launched last year, geeks and artists didn't waste much time hacking the motion-reading technology so they could play around with blending physical movement and digital graphics. John Watkinson, co-founder of mobile development shop and Google collaborator Larva Labs, puts in a notable effort with this particular project. His jawless doppelganger is from Androidify, a promotional app that Larva developed with Google Creative Labs that generates personalized avatars in the style of the platform's robot mascot.

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