The company is releasing a software development kit in the spring, which will give developers access to the secrets behind the technology.
For now it will be for personal use only, but Microsoft says it will release a commercial version.
Kinect, which transforms the body of the player in a game controller, was a great success since it launched last November.
It has already captured the imagination of the hacker Community, which showed various uses for the technology, including 3D photography.
Microsoft is hoping that an army of developers now will find smarter ways to bring more Kinect to the next level.
"How technologies such as these reach scale, creativity and invention will open a whole world of new possibilities for the computing," said Craig Mundie, Chief Research and strategy officer of Microsoft.
The announcement was made during an open day at the Microsoft Research Center near Seattle.
The company is hoping that the success of Kinect, developed by our scientists, it can give a greater presence in the home entertainment sector.
No comments:
Post a Comment