It’s Official: Kinect for Windows SDK to Arrive Spring 2011
The Official Microsoft Blog has reported that Microsoft will release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows SDK this spring
The Kinect for Windows SDK is being developed and released by Microsoft Research (MSR) in collaboration with IEB. It will be available this spring as a free download, and will give academic researchers and enthusiasts access to key pieces of the Kinect system—such as the audio technology, system application programming interfaces and direct control of the Kinect sensor itself.