KINECT FOR WINDOWS SDK Beta


The Kinect for the of Windows SDK beta was programming toolkit for the the application developer. This enables convenient access for the academic and the public excited for the capabilities offered by the device with the Microsoft Kinect connected to a computer and running the operating system of Windows 7.

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The Kinect for Windows SDK beta comes with a driver, is rich API for the flow of raw sensor and tracking human motion, installation documents, and materials resources. The Kinect these provides the capability for developers of who build applications with C + +, C #, or Visual Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

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This SDK includes the following features:
Raw sensor streams
Access to raw data stream from the sensor depth, sensor color camera, and a four-element array microphone allows developers to build above the low level flow generated by the sensor Kinect.

Skeletal tracking
Capabilities to trace a picture frame of one or two persons which are engaged in Kinect perspective makes it easy to create motion-based applications.

Advanced audio capabilities
Advanced the audio processing capabilities, including acoustic noise suppression and echo cancellation, beam forming to identify the source of the current sound, speech recognition and integration with the Windows API.

Sample code and documentation
SDK covers more than 100 pages of technical documentation. Besides a built-in help files, documentation including a detailed search for the best samples available with the SDK.

Easy installation
SDK installs quickly, does not require a complicated setup, and the size of the full installer is less than 100 MB. The developer can get up and running in only several minutes with default sensor standalone unit Kinect (widely available at retail outlets).

SDK are designed for a non-commercial use only; the commercial version are expected to be available in the future. To download a free version, please click here.


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