I think Microsoft has been dragged into this and they aren't embracing it nearly quick enough. Primesense has been distributing an open source sdk for a while n

I think Microsoft has been dragged into this and they aren't embracing it nearly quick enough. Primesense has been distributing an open source sdk for a while now http://www.openni.org/ http://www.openni.org/ and Microsoft want to keep some control of the device. They still haven't allowed any indie developer access to the Kinect on the Xbox and they are in danger of completely blowing the potential of the device as the next paradigm of people interacting with computers in their living rooms.