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0 pointsbarista14y ago0 comments

Hardware is not the same. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/

kinect for windows has better hardware which can see objects much nearer to it.

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Qworg14y ago· 2 in thread

Actually, the hardware is likely unchanged.

The original "Kinect for XBox" can see that close, but with error. The biggest changes are in the firmware and the Microsoft Kinect SDK. The SDK itself didn't allow for any data that close.

pragmatic14y ago

Can you upgrade the firmware on the Xbox version?

Qworg14y ago

Probably not - if so, it'll be something that comes from the hacking community, not from Microsoft.

brudgers14y ago

I.e. it is designed operate at the distance you sit from your computer monitor.

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