Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 is Now Available!

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This just in from the incredible whiz-kids over on the Kinect for Windows team — They’ve just released version 1.5 of the Kinect for Windows runtime and SDK.

They’ve added more capabilities to help you brilliant developers make cool things!

  • Face Tracking with a real-time 3D mesh of facial features tracking the head position, location of eyebrows, etc
  • Seated skeletal tracking!
  • Improved performance and data quality enhancements to permit RGB and depth data to be mapped together (e.g. “green screen”)
  • All new samples!
  • Many more (for full details read the Team Blog post here)

They’ve also made Kinect for Windows hardware available in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan — with 15 more countries starting next month! To learn all 31 countries Kinect for Windows will be available in check out the Kinect for Windows blog!