[ale] Official open source driver for Kinect

[arxaaron]

On 2010/12/15, at 11:37 , Jim Kinney wrote:

> Can this gizmo be used without an Xbox? (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason)
>

Short answer:  Yes.
The Kinect is a separate interface device, just like WII remotes,
which have also been extensively hacked and re-purposed.

As to (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason), it is my understanding that
the Kinect, like the Xbox itself, is a loss leader device and that
Mafia$oft looses money on every purchase.  I think they are
conceding to the open source drivers because the djin is out
of the bottle now and they can't do anything about that except
try to steer the hacker development focus back to their platform.

peace
aaron



> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Watson, Keith <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu 
> > wrote:
> Official open source driver for Kinect
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt
>
> keith
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