Microsoft originally announced Kinect as Project Natal at E3 few years back. It was an add-on accessory for Xbox 360 that allowed users to enjoy motion sensing games. It went on to become a smash hit by becoming the fastest selling electronic accessory ever. Later, Microsoft released Kinect for Windows to allow community and other developers take advantage of this amazing sensor and the Kinect SDK for purposes other than gaming. With Xbox One, Microsoft announced Kinect v2 with greatly improved accuracy and speed than the first gen product. At first, it was bundled with Xbox One and later became an add-on that can be purchased later. Yesterday, Microsoft released_the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor becomes available for all developers to preorder in advance of its SDK beta._What about the future? Microsoft revealed that to make Kinect_work for everybody, in their natural environment, hundreds of people are_working everyday to_improve_ it._At any given time, more than 300 Xbox developer kits are testing up to 2 million frames of video gathered from...

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