How To Turn Your Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor Into a Webcam For Skype Using Kinect For Windows SDK 1.8
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Before you read this blog, Here is a video summary of what you will be doing in this blog. One day, I got really curious about my Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor . I wondered if there was some way to use it as a webcam on my Windows 7 64 bit computer? Well, after many exhaustive searches on Google, watching a bunch of Youtube videos, and after trying out many files on my computer to get it to work ( while neglecting my wife, which I REALLY did not like doing), I finally got it to work. Note: As far as I know, this will only work with the Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor . ( it MAY also work with the Kinect For Windows as well. I have not tested that out yet) To get one, click HERE . It should work on you computer as long as it is a Windows ( 7 and above) computer. I am not really sure about that but here is how I did it on mine: Download version 1.8 of the Microsoft Kinect For Windows SDK by clicking HERE . When you get there, be sure to read the system requirements ...