Got this ad for a "new" kids' game console. Seems like the kinect but worse and with practically no games.

I wrote an open-source app that turns it into a perfectly smooth, hands-free mouse for your PC!

Features:

• Move the mouse by pointing, click by making a fist.
• Scroll web pages using a two-handed gesture (emulates a Windows Pen!).
• Say "Play" or "Pause" to control Spotify/YouTube from across the room.
• Raise both hands to pause tracking when you want to watch a movie.
• Dynamically maps to your height, so it works perfectly whether you are standing or sitting on the couch.

It's completely free and open source. Check it out on GitHub here: github.com/pikachu77082/KinectDesktopController

crazy shi

I’m curious if anyone else has already been through this process and has an optimized open source code for using Xbox Fusion Explorer for 3D Scanning or knows of another commercial software that is capable of controlling and capturing scans using the Xbox Kinect?

I have an Xbox Kinect for XBOX ONE Model 1520. An AI is walking me through the steps to modify the Kinect Fusion Explorer code to “unlock” the sensors capabilities and resolution beyond what Microsoft pre-coded it to do for the Xbox Kinect for gaming, effectively allowing me to 3D scan objects in higher resolution which the sensor and modern graphics cards are more capable of processing than the original intent of the Kinect sensor.

So far, I have:
1. Increased Volume Voxels per Meter from 256 to 2048
2. Increased XYZ Reconstruction Resolution from 384\^3 to 768\^3
3. Increased Maximum Integration Weight up to 1000

I have an Xbox 360 S Kinect which I'm trying to connect to my Xbox 360 S. I've tried to connect it to the AUX port at the back of the 360. When it's connected, there's a faint red light on the kinect but the 360 does not detect the kinect as being connected.

Is there any way to fix this?

Where are y'all getting replacement purple Kinect game cases?

I don't know if this is necessarily the absolute best place to post, but I really hope some of you share the same longing for a new revolutionary dance game like I do lol, especially if you were into Dance Central and such dance games.

Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone can help me with this set up, I’m trying to use and Xbox 360 camera with my touch designer set up but when I add a Kinect TOP in it says I need to install v1.8 of Kinect runtime, I’ve already done this, restarted my laptop numerous times, used bcdedit in powershell etc etc but it’s not recognising it for some reason. Can anyone help out

Hi all,

Was wondering if anyone can help me with this set up, I’m trying to use and Xbox 360 camera with my touch designer set up but when I add a Kinect TOP in it says I need to install v1.8 of Kinect runtime, I’ve already done this, restarted my laptop numerous times, used bcdedit in powershell etc etc but it’s not recognising it for some reason. Can anyone help out

Hi all,

I have been attempting to get my Kinect v2 working again for several days without success. My original Microsoft power adapter has stopped working and I've been looking for a replacement adapter but I'm not sure what type of barrel jack this even is. Doesn't seem like a standard one at all to me. Can I even buy this anywhere or would it make more sense to buy a third party adapter or mod the Kinect?

I installed all sdks, all xbox stuff and drivers, the xbox is blinking green and the Kinect explorer says Not powered. like what does that supposed to mean? I am currently on Windows 11 and this Kinect worked on Windows 10, even though it didnt work on windows 10 at first and i had to fix some caveat by installing an older version of the software but now nothing works, I feel hopeless. I even tried to update kinect drivers manually and that still didnt help. The xbox kinect uses this adapter to my laptop as seen in the picture. I also disabled Memory integrity on windows and connected to the right usb slot. I remember it working back on my windows 10 pc. also this kinect adapter is connected into the power socket because if it wouldn't, kinect doesn't blink.

I’ve been trying for about 3 days to find the correct jack/cable that fits this power port on my Kinect adapter, but nothing I bought or tried seems to fit.

I’m not sure if I’m looking for the wrong connector type, the wrong size, or if this adapter uses some special/proprietary plug. The port looks like it has pins/contacts inside, so maybe it is not a normal barrel jack?

I have an Xbox One Kinect v2 and I already have almost everything needed to use it, but I’m missing the power supply.

I know there is an official Kinect Adapter for Xbox One S / PC, but it seems hard to find and sometimes quite expensive.

Is there any more common or easier-to-find alternative power supply that can be used safely with Kinect v2?
For example, can it be replaced with a generic power adapter, laptop charger, or DIY wiring setup?

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While studying the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.8, when I opened the Kinect Explorer-WPF source code in Visual Studio, I noticed that the buttons on the right are different: (screenshot from Visual Studio 2026)

and here is a screenshot of the same version, but compiled and running:

Does anyone know why these buttons are positioned differently and why they are not visible in the compiled program? Could it be because I have a Kinect for Xbox 360? If anyone has a Kinect for Windows V1, please tell me — does yours look the same or different?

I’m developing an independent Linux runtime called KinectVision/KinectVoice for Kinect v2.

The current alpha focuses on making the Kinect v2 microphone array usable on Linux as a processed microphone called “KinectVoice Beamformed Mic.”

It has been tested on Ubuntu 24.04 with PipeWire/PulseAudio and pactl. I’m looking for a few Linux/Kinect v2 testers to help find bugs on different setups.

Current tested features:

- KinectVoice Beamformed Mic creation

- live mic processing

- optional make-default / restore-default

- persistence enable/disable

- rollback and cleanup

Not finished yet:

- full RGB/depth/IR vision stack

- body tracking

- gestures

- pet/object detection

- Orion integration

DM me if you have a Kinect v2 and want to test the private alpha.

I am having a TON of trouble looking up information for the "Kinect for Windows" specifically so I come to you for support.

My friend bought a Kinect for Windows, which looks almost identical to the Xbox One's version just with "Kinect" and no Xbox logos/badges. My friend INSISTs it does not use the same power adapter but everything I've looked up shows that it does- though I'm mostly seeing results for the Xbox One specific model.

So, my question is- do they use the same power adapter? And if not, where can I get one SPECIFICALLY for the windows only version?

Thank you in advance!!

Hi everyone, I'm stuck on the last mile of a project and hoping someone here has cracked this.

Goal: use a Kinect v2 (Kinect for Xbox One + official Kinect Adapter for Windows) as a plain webcam in the browser, so I can feed its RGB stream into MediaPipe for body tracking in a web experience. I don't need depth in the browser : just the color stream via getUserMedia.

Setup:

• Kinect for Xbox One + official Windows adapter, plugged into a native USB 3.0 port
• Windows 11
• Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 installed and fully working

What works:

• The sensor is detected and streams fine in Kinect Studio v2.0 (color, depth, IR all OK)
• Device Manager shows "WDF KinectSensor Interface 0" under Kinect sensor devices, reported as working properly
• The Configuration Verifier is happy

What doesn't:

• The Kinect never shows up under "Cameras" in Device Manager, so Chrome's getUserMedia / enumerateDevices doesn't list it (neither does the Windows Camera app)
• I know Microsoft shipped a driver update around late 2018 (v2.2.1812.x) that exposes the Kinect v2 color camera as a standard UVC webcam : that's the driver I'm trying to get
• Windows Update → optional updates → driver updates: nothing Kinect-related offered
• Device Manager → Update driver → search automatically: "The best drivers for your device are already installed" (it's sitting on the SDK's 2.0.1409 driver and refuses to budge)

Questions:

1. Has anyone successfully pulled the 2.2.1812+ "Xbox NUI Sensor" driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog recently? If so, which exact catalog entry did you use, and did pnputil /add-driver work to force it over the SDK driver?
2. Is there a known conflict where having the full SDK 2.0 installed prevents the webcam driver from binding?
3. Any Windows 11–specific gotchas with this driver?

I'm aware of the OBS + obs-kinect + Virtual Camera workaround and I'll fall back to it if needed, but I'd prefer the native webcam route for the final installation (fewer moving parts).

Thanks a lot for any pointers 🙏

I gave my old Xbox One to a friend and bought her a second-hand Kinect and Just Dance for her to play with her daughter.

The Kinect has an L-shaped connector that doesn't plug in to my system (no idea what model of One it was), seems it needs an adapter.

The thing is, all the adapters on Amazon dot ca (I'm in Canada) seem to be power adapters, and I don't recognize the weird L shape connector in the cords. To my knowledge my Kinect only has one cord going out of it, no power connector.

I guess I'm just uncertain and don't want to spend forty bucks on something else that ends up not being what I need. Will any 'Kinect adapter' likely be what I need or are there specific subtypes?

Saw on Amazon a pc adapter but it didn't mention windows 11 in compatibility so curious if it still will work fine. Also unsure if all kinects work with windows 11 or specific ones. Looking online and it seems like people have had issues but unsure if that is specific to them or if I should expect headaches.

Is there a slight chance they could bring second gen kinect back ,make it compatible with series s or x,just imagine what Sport Rivals would look like and play like on those two new machines…😏😏😏