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Will Kinect v2 support multiple sensors?


Working with multiple Kinect v1 sensors is very difficult because of the IR interference between the sensors.

Based on what I read on this gamastura article, Microsoft got rid of the interference problem with the time-of-flight mechanism that Kinect v2 sensor uses to gauge depth.

Does that mean I could use multiple Kinect v2 sensors at the same time, or did I misunderstand the article?

Thanks for the help!


Solution

  • I asked this question, in person, of the dev team at the meetup in San Francisco in April. The answer I got was:

    "This feature is 3+ months away. We want to prioritize single-Kinect features before working on multiple Kinects."

    I'm a researcher, and my goal is to have a bunch of odd setups, so this is a frustrating answer, but I understand that they need to prioritize usage that will be immediately useful to a larger market.

    Could you connect them to multiple computers and stream data back and forth?