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Technical Details
- Utilize Kinect skeletal-tracking, sophisticated microphone array, and other sensor technologies
- Link computers to Kinect devices running Windows 7 and Windows 8 Developer Preview
- Run applications built with the Kinect for Windows Commercial Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Use the Kinect for Windows SDK to build applications with C++, C#, or Visual Studio Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
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Product Description
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Technical Details
• Utilize Kinect skeletal-tracking, sophisticated microphone array, and other sensor technologies• Explore the limitless opportunities to transform products, processes, and businesses
• Link computers to Kinect devices running Windows 7 and Windows 8 Developer Preview
• Run applications built with the Kinect for Windows Commercial Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Use the Kinect for Windows SDK to build applications with C++, C#, or Visual Studio Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Product Detail
The Kinect for Windows sensor unit is intended to be used with the following:• Kinect for Windows Commercial SDK
• An application that was developed using the Kinect for Windows Commercial SDK and associated runtime software.
Note: The sensor unit does not ship with any software, and will only operate with an application developed for Kinect for Windows.
What’s in the Box
• Kinect for Windows sensor• USB/power supply cable
• Manual
Hardware Requirements
• 32 bit (x86) or 64 bit (x64) processor• Dual-core 2.66-GHz or faster processor
• Dedicated USB 2.0 bus
• 2 GB RAM
OS Requirements
• Requires Windows 7 or Windows Embedded Standard 7Legal Copy
The Kinect for Windows Commercial Software Development Kit is licensed to users and not sold. Using the SDK requires acceptance of software license agreement available in the product manual. You accept these terms by using the Kinect for Windows sensor. You may not copy or reverse engineer the software. This product is not for use with the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. Warranty terms available in enclosed product manual.Product Description
Microsoft Kinect for Windows includes Kinect for Windows sensor, USB/Power supply cable, Manual. NOTE: The sensor unit does not ship with any software and will only operate with an application developed for Kinect for Windows. Not for Gaming Use. Use the Kinect for Windows SDK to build applications with C++, C# or Visual Studio Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. What availability of this product will do is facilitate the ability of developers and commercial customers to explore the limitless opportunities to transform products, processes, and businesses. Three important points regarding Kinect for Windows: This product is not the same product as Kinect for Xbox 360 product, and is not intended for use with Xbox 360s. This is not a consumer product. This is a Kinect development product for Windows, intended for commercial clients and developers. This product requires an application developed for Kinect for Windows in order to operate.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
First off, I just spent several months writing a book about programming the SDK for the Kinect Sensor for Windows -- so I'm invested rather deeply in the technology. In that regard, please take what I say with a grain of salt.
My regrets to those who purchased the sensor without knowing what they were getting into. The upside is that since these sensors keep selling out, you can very quickly recoup your money by selling it on ebay. There is no shortage of people who want it.
What the Kinect for Windows hardware provides is an inexpensive device (even at $249.99) for streaming depth images and gathering skeleton data (physical location and orientation of joints), as well as a sophisticated directional microphone array. Combined with the Kinect for Windows SDK (the libraries Microsoft has created to work with all this data) and a decent developer, you can create applications that do facial detection, motion detection, skeleton detection, green screening (like for Star Wars), gesture tracking (like Minority Report), and more. It's an incredible amount of power in a small package.
What we do with all this power is unclear. It's almost pure potential at this point. You can, however, go over to sites like [...] and see some of the concepts people are coming up with. All of that was done with hacked software and a version of the Kinect sensor designed to be plugged into an Xbox.
The Kinect sensor for Windows (along with the Kinect for Windows SDK -- free to download), on the other hand, is a commercial product meant to be used for commercial products. This is Microsoft's first rev of a commercial/non-gaming product based on Kinect technology.
Some of us in the developer and design communities feel it marks a transformation in how we interact with computers. Over the next year, we will begin to see these sensors in store windows, in airports, in high-end retail locations -- basically in many places outside of our living rooms -- providing exciting and hopefully helpful experiences for the consumer. The people currently picking up these sensors are mostly product developers building tools for these scenarios.
We who have been working with the technology also hope that some brilliant entrepreneur will develop a use case for the home -- maybe advanced communication software or home automation software -- that will propel sales of the device and make it desireable for your basic consumer rather than software developers and product engineers to start picking them up. There's no knowing at this point though, and even Microsoft doesn't know how it will turn out.
On the other hand, they have made an investment in pushing this technology forward and have expended quite some effort in creating the commercial-ready software we will be using to develop for it and I'm grateful for that.
If you aren't a developer, this is probably not the time to start buying these sensors. Wait for a killer app to come along that takes advantage of Kinect. If you are a developer learning the Kinect, you can get away with using the Kinect sensor for Xbox if you already have one.
This sensor is for people who are using the Kinect for Windows SDK and are ready to start making products or need to start showing their Kinect ideas to investors -- or simply are putting up art installations in public spaces. It's for the people who are ready to start redesigning the future. It's obviously not going to be for everyone, though. Not yet anyways.
My regrets to those who purchased the sensor without knowing what they were getting into. The upside is that since these sensors keep selling out, you can very quickly recoup your money by selling it on ebay. There is no shortage of people who want it.
What the Kinect for Windows hardware provides is an inexpensive device (even at $249.99) for streaming depth images and gathering skeleton data (physical location and orientation of joints), as well as a sophisticated directional microphone array. Combined with the Kinect for Windows SDK (the libraries Microsoft has created to work with all this data) and a decent developer, you can create applications that do facial detection, motion detection, skeleton detection, green screening (like for Star Wars), gesture tracking (like Minority Report), and more. It's an incredible amount of power in a small package.
What we do with all this power is unclear. It's almost pure potential at this point. You can, however, go over to sites like [...] and see some of the concepts people are coming up with. All of that was done with hacked software and a version of the Kinect sensor designed to be plugged into an Xbox.
The Kinect sensor for Windows (along with the Kinect for Windows SDK -- free to download), on the other hand, is a commercial product meant to be used for commercial products. This is Microsoft's first rev of a commercial/non-gaming product based on Kinect technology.
Some of us in the developer and design communities feel it marks a transformation in how we interact with computers. Over the next year, we will begin to see these sensors in store windows, in airports, in high-end retail locations -- basically in many places outside of our living rooms -- providing exciting and hopefully helpful experiences for the consumer. The people currently picking up these sensors are mostly product developers building tools for these scenarios.
We who have been working with the technology also hope that some brilliant entrepreneur will develop a use case for the home -- maybe advanced communication software or home automation software -- that will propel sales of the device and make it desireable for your basic consumer rather than software developers and product engineers to start picking them up. There's no knowing at this point though, and even Microsoft doesn't know how it will turn out.
On the other hand, they have made an investment in pushing this technology forward and have expended quite some effort in creating the commercial-ready software we will be using to develop for it and I'm grateful for that.
If you aren't a developer, this is probably not the time to start buying these sensors. Wait for a killer app to come along that takes advantage of Kinect. If you are a developer learning the Kinect, you can get away with using the Kinect sensor for Xbox if you already have one.
This sensor is for people who are using the Kinect for Windows SDK and are ready to start making products or need to start showing their Kinect ideas to investors -- or simply are putting up art installations in public spaces. It's for the people who are ready to start redesigning the future. It's obviously not going to be for everyone, though. Not yet anyways.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Folks,
Read the Amazon description! I'm not a big Microsoft fan, but they have really done it right with this product. Kinect, and spin off technologies like this, will completely change the way people interact with their computers, and eventually with their cell phones (give it some time).
But, this is not a consumer device at this point. It is being distributed to enable developers like me to innovate.
From the Amazon Product Description:
"... NOTE: The sensor unit does not ship with any software and will only operate with an application developed for Kinect for Windows. Not for Gaming Use. ... This is not a consumer product. This is a Kinect development product for Windows, intended for commercial clients and developers."
Seems like they are delivering exactly what they say.
Read the Amazon description! I'm not a big Microsoft fan, but they have really done it right with this product. Kinect, and spin off technologies like this, will completely change the way people interact with their computers, and eventually with their cell phones (give it some time).
But, this is not a consumer device at this point. It is being distributed to enable developers like me to innovate.
From the Amazon Product Description:
"... NOTE: The sensor unit does not ship with any software and will only operate with an application developed for Kinect for Windows. Not for Gaming Use. ... This is not a consumer product. This is a Kinect development product for Windows, intended for commercial clients and developers."
Seems like they are delivering exactly what they say.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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After seeing the two negative reviews i have to come and counter it. PEOPLE BEWARE. This is not a consumer level product yet. It is for programmers and prosumers with programming skills.
This has been released by Microsoft so that us the developers can make great products on windows, for the consumers to use. Read the website kinectforwindows this is purely geared towards programmers rite now. Come on folks, dont bash this product. This product is a new beginning in computing, and when you start using computers in a brand new way you will be amazed.
This has been released by Microsoft so that us the developers can make great products on windows, for the consumers to use. Read the website kinectforwindows this is purely geared towards programmers rite now. Come on folks, dont bash this product. This product is a new beginning in computing, and when you start using computers in a brand new way you will be amazed.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Don't buy!!!
Don't buy it unless you are Microsoft developer... The camera came without any drivers or software CD. Read more
Published 12 days ago by 3D Knight
I'm using it everyday for my presentations
Hi, I have read the reviews and just wanted to give a feedback on my own experience as I'm not a developer and I use this device daily to give presentations. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Julien
'Near mode' is of questionable value - $100 more - and why no XBox 360...
All of this is AFAICT based on working with both the Kinect for Windows sensor and XBox 360 sensor in VS 2010.
Other developer comments and corrections are welcome. Read more
Other developer comments and corrections are welcome. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Morimoto
Kinect Sensor
The Kinect Sensor for Windows is a promising technology for desktop computing. I purchased this product from Amazon and it arrived more or less on time despite the fact that it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Net Coder
A fun toy, FOR PROGRAMING and TINKERING
This is not, and will not be (at least in the near term) a product for the typical end user.
One other person commented that this is also only good for those that are... Read more
One other person commented that this is also only good for those that are... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nathan Kull
Adventures Continue...
I was always amazed for developing some software via Kinect, and now I have the chance!
Kinect is a game-changer for the world of interaction, and now it is available for... Read more
Kinect is a game-changer for the world of interaction, and now it is available for... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Siavash Mortazavi
Great innovation but not for consumers
This is an amazing product. It can recognnize body joints and movement just by looking at you. However, be aware this for developers ONLY. Read more
Published 3 months ago by DrWave
Too soon to be useful; may change soon.
This product is hardware only. No manual; no software. Plug it into Windows 8 Developer Preview and drivers download, but that's it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by mark justice hinton
NOT a satisfied customer.
I was SHOCKED when I opened the box and the Kinnect for Windows contained NO OPERATING SOFTWARE... huh? Why are you selling this AMAZON? It is a $250. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Don K Schoemaker
this doesnt do anything
this isnt ready for primetime. it doesnt do anything. there are no instructions included or driver software to even make it work. Read more
Published 3 months ago by asdfasdfasdf
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