New Space and Tech

Allowing Kinect to go Semi-open Source

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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While Apple plays cat-and-mouse games with iPhone jailbreakers, Microsoft is playing a far friendlier game with Xbox Kinect hackers. Two Microsoft employees went on the radio Friday and said nobody was going to get in trouble for making open source drivers for Xbox Kinect. In fact, they said, Microsoft was “inspired” by how fans and hobbyists were adapting its camera. More at Wired

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