In academia it's often used as a cheap environment scanner, accessibility studies for people with limited mobility, etc. I worked on a few projects where the K

In academia it's often used as a cheap environment scanner, accessibility studies for people with limited mobility, etc. I worked on a few projects where the Kinect was mounted on a self-driving robot for 3D mapping of areas unaccessible to humans. Also worked in using it in applications with people with Alzheimer's. The issue is very often lack of or outdated SDKs for the target platform. The hardware could be better but it's already getting many project to 90%.