Kinect SDK is a powerful kit designed for application developers and includes APIs, sample code, and drivers.
Kinect SDK enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system.
Kinect SDK includes drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and human motion tracking, installation documents, and resource materials. It provides Kinect capabilities to developers who build applications with C++, C#, or Visual Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
Note: This SDK is designed for non-commercial purposes only.
What's New in This Release:
· The Kinect for Windows v1.5 SDK, driver, and runtime are 100% compatible with Kinect for Windows v1.0 application binaries.
Kinect for Windows Developer Toolkit:
· As of this release, the SDK has been divided into a core SDK and a developer toolkit. These are two separate installs.
· Samples
· All Samples have been moved into the toolkit
· We’ve continued significant sample investments in v1.5. There are many new samples in both C++ or C#. In addition, we’ve included a “Basics” series of samples with language coverage in C++, C# and Visual Basic. To explore the list of new and updated samples, please launch the Developer Toolkit Browser and explore.
· Components
· We’ve taken KinectSensorChooser, formerly part of the WpfViewers and split the logic and UI into two different classes: KinectSensorChooser and KinectSensorChooserUI in Microsoft.Kinect.Toolkit.dll.
· KinectSensorChooser could be used in non-WPF scenarios as it is logic only, no UI.
· KinectSensorChooserUI (used with a KinectSen...