When Microsoft started selling a basic Xbox One package without a Kinect V2 for $100 less, the result was unequivocal: Sales took off. Most gamers can take or leave the ubiquitous depth camera ...

Adafruit Industries, leaders in open-source hardware development, have offered $1,000 to the first person or team to create an open-source driver for Microsoft's new Kinect motion control system.

However, Microsoft has opted for a Windows 8 requirement.Kinect v2 PC devs receive official SDK, $50 USB 3.0 adapter However, Microsoft has opted for a Windows 8 requirement.

As expected, the first open source drivers for the Microsoft Kinect that allow it to be used with a PC have been released. A developer by the name of Hector Martin is the author of the driver ...