Kinect for Windows

Note

Manufacturing of the Kinect for Windows has been discontinued. The next generation of Microsoft’s category-defining depth sensor lives on in the Azure Kinect DK, a developer kit with advanced AI sensors for sophisticated computer vision and speech models. For more details please visit the Azure Kinect website.

Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0

Build desktop applications for Windows 10 or sell your Kinect v2 UWP apps in the Microsoft Store to take advantage of unique Windows Runtime features and expand distribution.

Get the Kinect for Windows SDK

Developer resources

Developer content
Learn how to implement different Kinect for Windows features and more about tools, like Kinect Studio, that support your development experience.
Tutorials and API documentation
Human Interface Guidelines (PDF)

Community
Connect with Microsoft and other developers like yourself on technical forums, Facebook, and Twitter to keep current on the latest news and announcements relevant to Windows app and game development.
Kinect for Windows technical forum
More developer forums

Hardware support
Get troubleshooting advice, warranty and safety information, and more.
Kinect for Xbox One sensor support
Kinect for Windows v2 sensor support
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Tools and extensions

Windows developer tools

These tools include a free, full-featured Visual Studio Community client, universal app templates, a code editor, a powerful debugger, Windows Mobile emulators, rich language support, and more, all ready to use in production.
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Windows developer tools

These tools include a free, full-featured Visual Studio Community client, universal app templates, a code editor, a powerful debugger, Windows Mobile emulators, rich language support, and more, all ready to use in production.
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NuGet and Unity Pro add-ons

Install the Kinect SDK 2.0 and use the NuGet packages for a better .NET Framework development experience. You can also take advantage of the Unity Pro packages to build Kinect-based Unity apps.
NuGet packages
Unity Pro packages

Kinect for Windows language packs

The language packs enable you to add speech recognition to your Kinect for Windows apps.
Get the Kinect for Windows language packs v11.0

DirectX SDK

Because the Windows SDK is the primary developer SDK for Windows, DirectX is now included in it. You can now use the Windows SDK to build great games for Windows.
Learn more about the DirectX SDK.

Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11

You can use the technologies and tools in the Speech Platform SDK 11 to give applications the ability to recognize spoken words (speech recognition) and to generate synthesized speech (text-to-speech or TTS). Using this SDK, you can give users an effective and natural way to interact with your applications, complementing the use of mice, keyboards, controllers, and gestures.
Microsoft Speech Platform SDK 11

Kinect Configuration Verifier

Run the Kinect Configuration Verifier tool to check your system for issues and to verify that you’re running the latest driver for your GPU.
Run the Kinect Configuration Verifier