f Microsoft announces new Kinect SDK update for Windows

Microsoft has released a new Development Kit update (SDK) for Kinect, which introduces new features designed to enhance the work of developers and partners with this device on PC. Update introduces support for Windows 8, support for Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft. NET Framework 4.5, in addition to working with virtualization systems in Windows, like Microsoft HyperV, VMeare o Parallels.

Microsoft has announced an update to the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Kinect, that allows developers, companies and organizations innovate with Kinect on their computers. This version of the SDK includes new features designed to empower developers and partners to work with Kinect.. With this update, worldwide, Microsoft incorporates greater operating system performance, improvements in sensor data access and greater ease of use.

Regarding performance, This new update incorporates support for Windows 8. Through the SDK, Can you develop a Kinect for Windows app for a desktop app on Windows? 8. The SDK is also compatible with development in Visual Studio 2012 and the new Microsoft. NET Framework 4.5. Kinect sensor for Windows now works in virtualization systems (VM) on Windows and has been tested with the following VM environments, Microsoft HyperV, Parliament Varels.

Regarding the sensor, Sensor's three-axis accelerometer data is now available through the application programming interface (API). This allows detection of the sensor orientation. In addition to the application of depth data, la facilidad de uso de la interfaz de su programación ha sido mejorada (no longer requires bitmasks).

Camera color settings can now be optimized for a Kinect for Windows sensor environment, including settings such as brightness and exposure. Besides, Infrared current is now displayed in the data programming interface (API). Updated SDK used with the Kinect for Windows sensor enables fast IR switching to support multiple overlapping sensors.

Finally, This update introduces greater ease of use. Among these new features, the Kinect Studio update stands out, to support all features of the new data sensor; a German recognition language pack that has been optimized for the sensor's microphone array; New samples showing how to use all the new SDK features. Besides, introduces a new sample that demonstrates the best example of a user interface based on Kinect Human Interface instructions for Windows. With this update, compatibility with various skeletal tracking sensors will also be possible..

By, 11 Oct, 2012, Section: Augmented Reality

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