Kinect for Windows went on sale

Microsoft today announced the availability of Kinect For Windows. The device went on sale at Amazon and Microsoft Store, its cost is $ 249 with a one-year warranty.

Kinect for Windows hardware is optimized for use with computers that have one of the following operating systems installed: Windows 7, Windows 8 developer preview, and Windows Embedded devices. Here are some differences with his console brother:
- the ability to view objects closer than 40 cm without losing recognition accuracy up to 3 meters;
- shorter USB cable;
- software updates, including updates for recognizing gestures and speech.

You can buy in Amazon and Microsoft Store , as soon Kinect will be available to other distribution networks

Also Kinect For Windows SDK v1.0 is available for download.