As I recall, my friend bought the Asus Xtion device because it had a closer focal point (which is what I assume is the near mode that you mentioned, Joseph). For his purpose, its ability to detect motion more accurately when closer to the person (0.8m to 3.5m stated for the Xtion Pro Live) was an essential feature. From the blog post, I see that 40cm - 50cm is possible in 'near mode' with the Kinect for Windows.
Has anyone found a comparison between the Asus Xtion and the Kinect device for Windows (as opposed to the Xbox one)? And can the Kinect SDK be used for Asus Xtion? (as mentioned, I don't own any of these but I would like to easily give code to my friend with the Xtion, if I bought the Kinect for Windows) _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 6:57 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Anyone using Kinect? The XBox one works fine with the SDK, however the XBox kinect doesn't have 'near mode' if you're particularly interested in that http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2012/01/20/near-mode-what-i t-is-and-isn-t.aspx More info is in the FAQ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/news/faq.aspx Joseph On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Peter Maddin <petermad...@iinet.net.au> wrote: I have a Kinect that came with my Xbox. Can this be use used with the Kinect for Windows Commercial SDK or do you have a buy a "special" unit? Regards Peter Maddin From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2012 1:13 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Anyone using Kinect? Is anyone using Kinect? Where is the hardware on sale in Oz? _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia -- w: http://jcooney.net t: @josephcooney
