Kinect for Windows has already aroused the interest of the community, as Microsoft noted, ”Currently, we have more than 200 companies taking part in our pilot program. They are telling us how Kinect for Windows will help them transform their products, their processes, their brands, and their businesses. Putting the power of Kinect + Windows into the hands of business leaders and technical visionaries will give them the tools they need to develop novel solutions for everything from training employees to visualizing data, from configuring a car to managing an assembly line.”
Even before Microsoft decided to openly release an SDK for the motion control device, Kinect had been widely jailbroken for use with PC. Robotics, in particular, has been extensively making use of the device, allowing visual input and interpretation at a bargain cost. This has allowed the amateur robot hobbyist market to explode. In general, much of the most innovative uses of Kinect has come from users who had then been jailbreaking their Kinect devices.
The new beta Kinect for Windows SDK can be downloaded here.
