Friday, June 17, 2011

SDK available for Kinect

Microsoft Research has released the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Kinect, a series of "development tools to build business applications that can exploit the full potential of Kinect." "The suite is designed to support developers, university researchers and technology enthusiasts that want to engage in the development of innovative applications capable of exploiting the depth sensors, detection of body movements, voice recognition and objects using technology Kinect Windows 7, "read the statement from Microsoft.

The Software Development Kit includes "many drivers, APIs, user interfaces, installation documents and resources that help you develop applications in C + +, C # or Visual Basic using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Other interesting features of the SDK are the availability of data on the depth sensor, the range of colors and sounds, graphics tracking the movements of the body, advanced options for sound and simple installation of Windows 7.

" The Software Development Kit can be downloaded from the website of Microsoft Research. The marketable version will come in the future.

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