PC-SDK veröffentlicht
Jener Zeitpunkt ist nun gekommen: Wie der Hersteller per Presssemitteilung Major Nelson mitteilt, kann man das knapp 21 MB schwere Softwarepaket jetzt herunterladen. Ein paar Code-Beispiele sind im Download enthalten.
- Drivers, for using Kinect sensor devices on a computer running Windows 7.
- Application programming interfaces (APIs) and device interfaces, together with technical documentation.
- Source code samples.
Das SDK ist wie angedeutet ausschließlich für die Entwicklung nichtkommerzieller Software gedacht. Ein erweitertes SDK für kommerzielle Anwendungen soll zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt folgen.
Die folgenden Anforderungen werden gestellt:
Hardware
- Kinect for Xbox 360 sensor
- Computer with a dual-core, 2.66-GHz or faster processor
- Windows 7ￜcompatible graphics card that supports DirectXￜ 9.0c capabilities
- 2-GB RAM (4-GB RAM recommended)
Software
- Windows 7 (x86 or x64)
- Visual Studio 2010 Express (or other 2010 edition)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
- For additional requirements for samples, see the Readme file
Features of the SDK include the following:
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Raw Sensor Streams. Developers have access to raw data streams from depth sensor, color camera sensor and the four-element microphone array. These will allow them to build upon the low-level streams generated by the Kinect sensor. |
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Skeletal Tracking. The SDK has the capability to track the skeleton image of one or two people moving within the Kinect field of view, making it possible to create gesture-driven applications. |
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Advanced Audio Capabilities. Audio processing capabilities include sophisticated noise suppression and echo cancellation, beam formation to identify the current sound source, and integration with the Windows speech recognition API. |
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Ease of installation. The SDK quickly installs in a standard way for Windows 7 with no complex configuration required and a complete installer size of less than 100 MB. Developers can get up and running in just a few minutes with a standard standalone Kinect sensor unit widely available at retail. |
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Extensive documentation. The SDK includes more than 100 pages of high-quality technical documentation. In addition to built-in help files, the documentation includes detailed walkthroughs for most samples provided with the SDK. |
