Getting Started with the Kinect for Windows SDK Beta from
Microsoft Research
Supported Operating Systems and Architectures
• Windows 7 (x86 or x64)
Hardware Requirements
• Computer with a dual-core, 2.66-GHz or faster processor
• Windows 7–compatible graphics card that supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c capabilities
• 2 GB of RAM
• Kinect for Xbox 360® sensor—retail edition, which includes special USB/power cabling
Software Requirements
• Microsoft Visual Studio® 2010 Express or other Visual Studio 2010 edition
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (installed with Visual Studio 2010)
• For C++ SkeletalViewer samples:
• DirectX Software Development Kit, June 2010 or later version
• DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer
• For Speech sample (x86 only):
• Microsoft Speech Platform - Server Runtime, version 10.2 (x86 edition)
• Microsoft Speech Platform - Software Development Kit, version 10.2 (x86 edition)
• Kinect for Windows Runtime Language Pack, version 0.9
(acoustic model from Microsoft Speech Platform for the Kinect for Windows SDK Beta)
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