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)