Kinect SDK and Driver for Windows 7 Official Download

Want to use your Kinect motion sensor with Windows PC? Microsoft has officially released Kinect for Windows SDK, initially as beta version, which comes complete with APIs, sample code, and drivers. Kinect is a very popular gaming peripheral for XBox 360, which has been sold more than 10 millions units. Previously, many programmers have developed unofficial drivers for Kinect for various devices to allow Kinect device to interact with the host system.

The Kinect was originally released for Xbox 360 game console system, to allow controller-less motion control and voice control game playing. Microsoft called the Kinect as natural user interface. With the official release of Kinect driver for Windows 7, now the keyboard and mouse for the computer can be do away, replacing natural UI input via Kinnect connected to PC which has sensor to detect voice command and on-air finger gestures, swipe, tap and other body motion control.

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