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This is a little confusing, but it looks like there's another Kinect driver out in the wild, and this one is actually available for download. The folks at NUI Group, are working on an SDK and Windows driver for all the capabilities of the device, which they plan to release as open source once their $10k donation fund is filled up. Meanwhile, hacker Hector Martin has performed a quick and dirty hack of his own (three hours into the European launch, no less) and has released his results and code into the wild. Sure, pulling data from the IR and RGB cameras and displaying it is a lot different than actually making sense of it, but if you're just looking for a way to plug your Kinect into your computer and squeeze some fun visuals out of it (and you're smart enough to deal with some pretty raw code), it looks like Hector is your man of the hour. Peep his video proof after the break. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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The official Windows 10 Driver for the Kinect v2 is now available for download and it is now part of Windows Update. You can go to the Device Manager and update the driver for the Kinect sensor. In addition to enabling the new UWP APIs, the new driver also lets you use the Kinect color camera as a normal webcam. Also, you can use the Kinect sensor to enable Windows Hello for authentication via facial recognition.
This is a little confusing, but it looks like there's another Kinect driver out in the wild, and this one is actually available for download. The folks at NUI Group, who posted results first, are. Apr 11, 2016 - Ubi installer will not install the Kinect driver. If you need to install the Kinect driver, please use one of the links below.
Microsoft has also released code samples related to Kinect for Windows UWP APIs. First, by popular demand, the code that Alex Turner used during his Channel 9 video is now available on GitHub as part of the. With this sample, you can use to enumerate the Kinect sensor’s RGB/IR/depth cameras and then use to stream frames. This API lets you access pixels of each individual frame directly in a highly efficient way. Read more about this announcement. Some links in the article may not be viewable as you are using an AdBlocker.
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