Kinect for Windows gets official support from Microsoft

By BatRastered — February 22, 2011
Tags: kinect microsoft news

In a move sure to surprise absolutely nobody, MS officially announced its support for the Kinect on Windows with a soon to be released software developer kit (SDK).

By far the most interesting things being done with Kinect since its release were the hacks that individuals were doing to support the device on PC and have it do things like provide vision for robots and map the room in 3D. Dozens of youtube videos that are way cooler than anything happening with the Kinect on the XBOX started showing up and MS seemed to be okay with it.

Now comes the word that they are more than okay with it, they will now actively support such efforts with an official SDK for Kinect on Windows. This non-commercial (read: free) SDK will be released this spring. Expect a commercial SDK (probably bundled with some version of Visual Studio) to be released at a later date.

It's only a matter of time now before you're controlling your PC "Minority Report" style.

Source: Microsoft

Comments

So now Microsoft is like: "Fuck it, release it to the public, see what they come up with and then we'll steal it back."

Nubfarm!

Feb 22, 2011 by goukijones

Oh wow really and I just got the Kinect. It freaked me out when it moved up and down. ^_^

Feb 22, 2011 by ariscool24

@gouki, don't forget when they steal what you come up with they'll be grabbing all the naked pics it takes also.

Funny that they had to jump onboard just to try and save a little face over other people implementing their hardware better than they did.

Feb 22, 2011 by DragonKiss83