Could sleep well yesterday night due to the excitement of downloading the SDK released for Microsoft Kinect by Microsoft Research. As soon as I got to lay hands on a Kinect device, I started checking for the statuses thrown by the system. I am using a x86, Win 7, dual-core, 2GB RAM system with VS 2010 Express edition installed. This configuration matches with the requirements provided in the pre-requisites list as well.
I downloaded the SDK yesterday night, installed it and started going through the samples. Saw a lot of code for image processing being done. Once I got the Kinect, I plugged in the device. A lot of driver installation happened automatically which took about a min and a half. Once done, I got the below.
Now you can see something new called "Kinect USB Audio". This points to the microphone array.
The Device Manager from Control Panel was more interesting. Check the below screenshot.
As you can see there is a whole new set of devices being added under the section called "Microsoft Kinect" namely Audio, Camera and Device.
I then tried the default skeletal viewer program from the samples directory. The app runs in WPF and .NET framework 4.0
This is a pretty good output considering the fact that the SDK is a beta preview :)
The best part is, installation was a breeze. Just use the installer that comes along and plug-in your Kinect device. By the way, I had the split cable for Kinect which has a USB 2.0 output. Also the installer size is just 21MB.
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