If you move around you should see where the best place is for you to stand, it's were the sensor easily can get a complete view of you from top to toe, so that the skeleton can follow your movements. If you stand in front of the camera the Kinect should detect your body or 'skeleton' points. You should now see Kinect live view in the window screen. To view yourself on the screen with Kinect Run the third sample from the top 'Kinect Studio', Press the Button at the top left corner (where it says 'Not connected') to start the Kinect. (Don't worry to soon if the USB check has an exclamation mark, that may just mean the software can't confirm about it's state.) To see if the Kinect is connected Run the top sample 'Kinect Configuration Verifier'. Make sure to check the up to date System Requirements on the Download pageĪfter you installed the SDK software it's pretty easy to check if Kinect is connected and if your placement for playing is good.įrom the Start Menu under 'Kinect for Windows SDK v2.0, open the SDK Browser v2.0 (Kinect for Windows).

To use the Kinect for Xbox sensor on your PC, you first need to download the necessary software Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 from microsoft and have an adapter cable Install software for Kinect from Microsoft