Wants academics to work not play with it
Tue Feb 22 2011, 10:26
SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft will push its Xbox 360 Kinect sensor by releasing a software development kit (SDK) for it.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect gaming sensor has proved to be a hit for the firm ever since its release, with the company selling millions. While gamers enjoy jumping around in front of their telly, software developers have been eager to gain access to the Kinect sensor and it seems for once Microsoft has decided to embrace the community, saying it will release a non-commercial SDK for Kinect in the Spring.
The SDK will give developers access to the Kinect's audio technology and most importantly direct control of the sensor device.
Hackers had already cracked Microsoft's legendary security and gained access to Kinect. However the results were somewhat hit and miss, and without appropriate documentation they were not reliable enough to support academic research, one area where Microsoft is hoping the SDK will be used.
Microsoft's decision to offer a free SDK for the Kinect should, it hopes, help researchers work on natural user interfaces, an area where Microsoft has been doing research for years.
It seems that Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, has realised that by working with the community rather than against it, Microsoft can advance how users interact with computers connected to the Vole's Kinect gadget. ยต
Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect gaming sensor has proved to be a hit for the firm ever since its release, with the company selling millions. While gamers enjoy jumping around in front of their telly, software developers have been eager to gain access to the Kinect sensor and it seems for once Microsoft has decided to embrace the community, saying it will release a non-commercial SDK for Kinect in the Spring.
The SDK will give developers access to the Kinect's audio technology and most importantly direct control of the sensor device.
Hackers had already cracked Microsoft's legendary security and gained access to Kinect. However the results were somewhat hit and miss, and without appropriate documentation they were not reliable enough to support academic research, one area where Microsoft is hoping the SDK will be used.
Microsoft's decision to offer a free SDK for the Kinect should, it hopes, help researchers work on natural user interfaces, an area where Microsoft has been doing research for years.
It seems that Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, has realised that by working with the community rather than against it, Microsoft can advance how users interact with computers connected to the Vole's Kinect gadget. ยต
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