Making Kinect Windows-friendly is more than just a fancy new SDK and some marketing materials. Developers are going to need some tweaked hardware as well, and Microsoft is prepared to deliver with a Windows version of Kinect capable of accurate sensing as close as 50 centimeters from the sensor.
https://lastchance.cc/kinect-for-windows-coming-soon-to-change-the-way-we-do-5856467%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Well thanks, Microsoft. There goes my vision of a future in which people have to back six to eight feet away from the ATM to be verified, their money scattering majestically in the wind before they can make it back. Such dreams I had, jerks.
Kinect for Windows ā Building the Future [Kinect for Windows Blog]
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