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  • Getting started with Microsoft Kinect SDK

    The Microsoft official SDK for Kinect is easy to use. Basically you download it, plug the Kinect into a free USB socket, and start programming. You can create applications in C#, VB or any .NET language including C++.

    Its only disadvantage is that it has a non-commercial license, which means you cannot use it to make any profit, or even use it at all within a profit making organization. If all you want to do is explore the Kinect or have some fun, then this is no big problem.

    You also need to be running Windows 7, which is perhaps a bigger restriction.

    As well as being easy to use, the new SDK is also significantly more powerful than what you can find as open source - it has an improved body tracker and it supports the Kinect's sound hardware.

    Getting started with Microsoft Kinect SDK

    Hello Kinect in Windows Forms

    Working in WPF
    The Hackmaster

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    • #3
      Kinect SDK Beta 2 Available

      Microsoft has now released the Kinect SDK Beta 2 which provides raw sensor access and improved skeletal tracking.

      It seems to have been so long since the first beta of the Kinect SDK came out that some might have been thinking that it was close to final release. What more could Microsoft do? The answer is in Beta 2 of the SDK which is ready for download now.

      This is still licensed for hobby/non-commercial use, but it must be another step on the road to the full commercial version which is promised for next year.

      Download and more information from the new Windows Kinect site kinectforwindows.org

      You can also download the SDK from the Microsoft Download site.

      There is also a new blog site Kinect for Windows Blog.
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      • #4
        Written by Harry Fairhead
        Wednesday, 01 February 2012 10:02

        Kinect for Windows has launched on the target date of February 1, 2012. Equally important as the new hardware is its SDK version 1 which is free to download.

        You should now be able to buy the hardware for $249 in the twelve launch countries. You will have to wait a little longer if you want to take advantage of the special academic price of $149.

        Kinect for Windows Is Available
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        • #5
          Update for Kinect Developer Toolkit

          Microsoft has released Kinect Studio 1.5.1. This updated SDK boosts performance and stability, improves face tracking, and introduces offline documentation support.
          The Hackmaster

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          • #6
            Thanks for the update. Microsoft's Kinect was intended to be the next big thing on the subject of input devices for your computer. But as it turns out, a 3-D motion controller called the Leap Motion may be even more exciting.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by PeterP View Post
              Thanks for the update. Microsoft's Kinect was intended to be the next big thing on the subject of input devices for your computer. But as it turns out, a 3-D motion controller called the Leap Motion may be even more exciting.
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