Microsoft's Kinect SDK 2.0 For Windows PC, Hands On

[exfileme]

We took a quick look at the new Kinect SDK for Windows.

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[Vlad Rose]

I wonder if the Kinect 2.0 is racist like the first one in the fact that it had a hard time detecting people of darker skin? I am also wondering if it still has the same issue of not working in sunlight at all?

 

[quilciri]

The porn industry has already combined this technology with the Occulus Rift and the ultrasound device that allows you to feel 3D objects.

j/k, but I'm sure they're working on it.

 

[kawininjazx]

Microsoft, give up on the kinect. It would be smarter to add a cheapo microphone to hear commands and a simple image sensor to detect hand genstures.

 

[DragonFireXY]

Vlad I don't know about the original Kinect but the one I have works just fine.

 

[maddad]

There are still a lot of racist people in America and the World, but saying the Kinect was racist; oh come on now. I am not a dark skin black man, but my grand kids are much darker than I am and have never experienced a problem being recognized by their kinect.What a ridiculous thing to say. As a matter of fact this is a tech site, the word racist should never be used here!!!

 

[Xcessity]

This is where it really shines: http://kinesicmouse.com

 

[alextheblue]

I wonder if the Kinect 2.0 is racist like the first one in the fact that it had a hard time detecting people of darker skin? I am also wondering if it still has the same issue of not working in sunlight at all?

You're being dopey, plus you're just plain wrong about issues with skin color. You're probably thinking of things like 2D laptop webcams that had issues with dark skin especially in poor lighting. The original kinect worked fine in almost all conditions and had no problems with dark skin. In fact it used infrared light dots so the only time it would have any issue at all is with very strong direct sunlight which could make it hard to discern those dots and thus could throw off the depth sensor.

Kinect 2.0 is even better in every way and the infrared sensor works perfectly even in pitch black (though obviously the standard camera does not).

 

[Vlad Rose]

There are still a lot of racist people in America and the World, but saying the Kinect was racist; oh come on now. I am not a dark skin black man, but my grand kids are much darker than I am and have never experienced a problem being recognized by their kinect.What a ridiculous thing to say. As a matter of fact this is a tech site, the word racist should never be used here!!!

It was a joke due to the issues they originally had with the first model of the kinect.

 

[nikolajj]

Microsoft, give up on the kinect. It would be smarter to add a cheapo microphone to hear commands and a simple image sensor to detect hand genstures.

Do the same, but as two different products with lower quality? Are you serious?

 

[Draven35]

For my use, I'd probably be better off with the original Kinekt... at least in the beta version of the Kinekt 2.0 SDK (and drivers) it only supported one unit attached to a machine, and most mocap systems work better with two.