kinect
I found this great answer about Kinect in general:
But I'm still confused. There are multiple ads on the Internet that point out that some Kinect hardware is built into TV (search movie collections, click links in description, rewind etc).
Questions:
Also, where I may get Kinect SDK for PC?
Yes, the Kinect will work with every Xbox 360, old or new.
Check the main page:
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/kinect
You are the controller
Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways – no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect (formerly known as “Project Natal”) gets everyone off the couch. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. And the best part is Kinect works with every Xbox 360®*
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*Kinect coming November 2010.
Since the Kinect is an totally new concept, old games will not support the Kinect out-of-the-box.
However, the publishers have always had the option to ship updates to games (via an Xbox Live update), and it is completely feasible for developers to retrofit their games with support.
Kinect is based on the hardware, and possibly software, of PrimeSense. They use a flashing IR light-source and a filtered camera to measure time-in-flight and compute a depth map from that. Presumably, objects that are near-field and/or moving are detected as people, while static and far-away stuff is treated as background.
In contrast, the Wiimote has an IR camera and accelerometers built into it. The sensor bar that you put on/near your TV contains a pair of IR LEDs. The hardware in the Wiimote tracks those LEDs and determines which way it's pointing based on their position.
Best Answer
The Kinect hardware is not built into the TV at all. It does not require any special TV—any old TV (even an analog CRT) will work just fine. Kinect requires an Xbox 360 console to function. Kinect is connected to the Xbox 360 by USB, which connects to the TV by some type of A/V cables.
The Kinect sensor itself consists an array of cameras and microphones. These devices send their input data (video & audio) to the Xbox 360, which processes that data in software. Using that data, it creates a 3D model of the users' skeletons, and then it uses how those skeletons are moving to control the software. It also uses voice commands to control the software.
You can buy the Xbox 360 and Kinect together as one bundle, or you can buy them separately. Kinect only works with the Xbox 360; it does not work with PCs or any other type of console. It is probable that hackers will reverse engineer it and figure out how to get it to work with the PC in the future, but keep in mind that if that happens it will almost certainly be illegal and not licensed by Microsoft.