Wednesday 1 February 2012

Microsoft Kinect for Windows now Available for Download

Kinect for Windows

Kinect for Windows version 1.0 of the SDK now available for download at a suggested retail price of $249 or $150 for qualified educational customers. This tool now includes number of new features since last beta, like support for up to four Kinect sensors and near mode, which enables the depth camera to see objects as close as 40 centimeters in front of the device. Read complete list of improvements after the break.

Kinect for Windows version 1.0 Features:-

  • Support for up to four Kinect sensors plugged into the same computer
  • Significantly improved skeletal tracking, including the ability for developers to control which user is being tracked by the sensor
  • Near Mode for the new Kinect for Windows hardware, which enables the depth camera to see objects as close as 40 centimeters in front of the device
  • Many API updates and enhancements in the managed and unmanaged runtimes
  • The latest Microsoft Speech components (V11) are now included as part of the SDK and runtime installer
  • Improved “far-talk” acoustic model that increases speech recognition accuracy
  • New and updated samples, such as Kinect Explorer, which enables developers to explore the full capabilities of the sensor and SDK, including audio beam and sound source angles, color modes, depth modes, skeletal tracking, and motor controls
  • A commercial-ready installer which can be included in an application’s set-up program, making it easy to install the Kinect for Windows runtime and driver components for end-user deployments.
  • Robustness improvements including driver stability, runtime fixes, and audio fixes

Source:- Microsoft

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