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Microsoft open-sources Kinect code samples
- fuzzix 14y agoThese are simply code samples to use the Kinect SDK, not any code to interact with the hardware, right?
- rosser 14y agoBased on the blog post linked in the article [1], yes: these are code samples. [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/b/k4wdev/archive/2013/03/06/easy-access-to-kinect-for-windows-sample-code.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/k4wdev/archive/2013/03/06/easy-acces...
- stephenhuey 14y agoAnd yes, they allow you to interact with the hardware, through the API.
- rosser 14y agoI think the parent to my comment was asking whether this code allowed low-level hardware access, not API-mediated access. IIRC, the Linux Kinect driver (libfreenect [1]) provides that kind of access. [1] https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect
- gdg92989 14y agoSince when does releasing code samples count as open-sourcing a codebase? You cant even look at the samples without downloading Visual Studio.
- Permit 14y agoAre you sure? I can see the samples under "Source Code". http://kinectforwindows.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/861462899ae7 http://kinectforwindows.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset...
- stephenhuey 14y agoAnd as mentioned in the blog post, it's significant that you don't have to download Visual Studio to look at the samples. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/k4wdev/archive/2013/03/06/easy-access-to-kinect-for-windows-sample-code.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/k4wdev/archive/2013/03/06/easy-acces...
- ComputerGuru 14y agoFlagged as incorrect. VentureBeat apparently can't tell the difference between Kinect's code and API examples. This needs to be deleted or the title changed to "Microsoft Releases Open Source Kinect Interfacing Sample Code"
- polyvisual 14y ago"aka “Not GitHub.” Baby steps, baby steps!" Whatever was actually released, how about people realise that Github isn't the be all and end all of open source code distribution.
- polyvisual 14y agoWow, when you copy and paste from venturebeat.com a link to the content is automatically appended to the copied content.
- jQueryIsAwesome 14y agoIn case you were curious about how they do it: http://i.po.st/static/script/post-copypaste.js http://i.po.st/static/script/post-copypaste.js