Kinect, Microsoft’s controller-free gaming system for Xbox 360, hits the shelves today. Unusually I did not feel the need to rush out and buy the device, I must be getting old. Instead I made the executive decission to sit back and await the home-brew community to rip it apart and produce some form of desktop based driver.
Well I didn’t have to wait long… Within 3 hours of release a fully open source Kinect driver supporting the depth and RGB cameras had been uploaded by Hector Martin. I guess this means I have to go out and get one now 
I have high hopes for this little piece of kit 