Official MS Kinect SDK Coming to Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday March 1, 2011 @04:24AM from the i-know-what-i'm-hacking-first dept.

fredr1k writes "Microsoft figured there is some movement in the Kinect hacking scene. They have now announced a Kinect SDK for Windows. (Though only for Academics & Enthusiasts). 'Ever since the November launch of Kinect for Xbox 360, enthusiasts and academic researchers alike have expressed their excitement and intense interest in the possibilities created by the products ability to enable users to bring games and entertainment to life without using a controller. While Microsoft plans to release a commercial version at a later date, this SDK will be a starter kit to make it simpler for the academic research and enthusiast communities to create rich natural user interfaces using Kinect technology.'"

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Re:Not a MS fan, but... by slim · 2011-03-01 04:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

I'm not a huge MS fan, but doing things this way for the "Hacker" community is a lot better than Sony's response to what hacking has been going on with the PS3.

"Better than Sony" isn't much of a target, to be fair.
Re:We are being kinectically assimilated by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-01 04:44 · Score: 4, Insightful

LOL...I dont consider myself strongly pro or anti-Microsoft. However, I get such a kick at the idiot Microsoft haters on Slashdot who can't even admit when Microsoft does something right. If this were another link related to Windows security flaws there'd be 700 posts about Bill Gates being the anti-christ.
Slashdot users are supposed to be smart; smarter than childish fanboys/fangirls.