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0 pointstom_b14y ago0 comments

I want one to play with and I'm a Linux OS user. I should have picked one up at $99 over the holidays.

The comments from the msdn blog are interesting in indicating the lifetime customer value of XBox users with a Kinect to Microsoft.

The extra cost might be worth it, if the documentation and examples were much more than simple library descriptions. I am thinking more of being able to grok the hardware/software driver interface than the higher-level calls.

Any fellow HN'ers with early insight to how good the Microsoft Kinect SDK extras look?

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Aaronontheweb14y ago

If you're worried about the cost of Windows and the development tools as part of that, if you're in a startup then it's likely that you qualify for BizSpark where you can get full Windows licenses and copies of Visual Studio for free: http://bit.ly/uBC9Ol

Qworg14y ago

You can't use the Kinect SDK with Linux.

If you're interested in learning more about the driver interface, OpenKinect is FOSS and runs on any platform: http://openkinect.org

recoiledsnake14y ago

Still available for $99 at some places.

E.g. http://www.buy.com/prod/xbox-360-kinect-sensor-holiday-bundl...

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