{"id":170704,"date":"2011-04-15T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/kinect-for-windows-sdk-beta\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T00:30:38","slug":"kinect-for-windows-sdk-beta","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/kinect-for-windows-sdk-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinect for Windows SDK Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"asset-content\"><span id=\"2b7f854e-71ef-418c-b649-b436d8fc247f\" class=\"ImageBlock fl\"><span id=\"ImageCaption2b7f854e-71ef-418c-b649-b436d8fc247f\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kinect.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-235843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kinect.png\" alt=\"Kinect for Windows figures\" width=\"426\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kinect.png 426w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kinect-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kinect-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>The Kinect for Windows SDK beta, created by Microsoft Research,\u00a0was a programming toolkit for application developers. It enabled easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta included drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and natural user interfaces, installation documents, and resource materials. It provided Kinect capabilities to developers who build applications with C++, C#, or Visual Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the latest version, visit the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/kinect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kinect for Windows<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0product site.<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<p>The SDK included the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Raw sensor streams<\/strong> Access to raw data streams from the depth sensor, color camera sensor, and four-element microphone array enables developers to build upon the low-level streams that are generated by the Kinect sensor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skeletal tracking<\/strong> The capability to track the skeleton image of one or two people moving within the Kinect field of view make it easy to create gesture-driven applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced audio capabilities<\/strong> Audio processing capabilities include sophisticated acoustic noise suppression and echo cancellation, beam formation to identify the current sound source, and integration with the Windows speech recognition API.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sample code and documentation<\/strong> The SDK includes more than 100 pages of technical documentation. In addition to built-in help files, the documentation includes detailed walkthroughs for most samples provided with the SDK.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Easy installation<\/strong> The SDK installs quickly, requires no complex configuration, and the complete installer size is 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 outlets).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kinect for Windows SDK beta, created by Microsoft Research,\u00a0was a programming toolkit for application 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