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The Kinect v1.0 device doesn’t have the fidelity to individually track fingers and stretching and shrinking with hands and arms but the Kinect v2 has these capabilities. On top of this, when using Kinect v2 we are capable of detecting heart rates, facial expressions and weights on limbs, along with much more extremely valuable biometric data. In comparison, the Kinect v1 could only track 20 joints from 2 people. Kinect v2 can process 2 gigabytes of data per second, USB 3 provides almost 10x faster broadband for the data transfer, 60% wider field of vision, and can detect and track 20 joints from 6 people’s bodies including thumbs. The Kinect v resolution (HD), and from the picture below you can see the difference between images. Although the first Kinect used similar technology, the Kinect v2 has greatly improved upon it. By using this technology, the Kinect v2 can see just as well in a completely dark room as in a well lit room. IGN summarized this technology well by comparing it to sonar technology, except that this is a large improvement and more accurate. Kinect v2 uses “time of flight” technology to determine the features and motion of certain objects. “The Kinect v2 face recognition, motion tracking, and resolution are much more precise than the Kinect v1. For a breakdown on how significant these spec improvements are for the Kinect 2, Alex shared the following analysis:

Zugara’s CTO, Alex, has been working with Time of Flight (TOF) technology for over 15 years. Kinect 2 spec analysis can be found after the image below:

The comparison image below represents the visual input difference between the Kinect 1 and Kinect 2:įrom a pure technical spec standpoint, the Channel 9 community on MSDN has a product spec breakdown for Kinect 1 and Kinect 2 which you can view below. More information on the Channel 9 post is here and additional Kinect 1 vs.

Though the Kinect 1 device is a vast improvement over regular webcams, the Kinect 1 is restricted by it’s lower resolution output. The biggest notable difference? The higher resolution capability of the Kinect 2 camera. Zugara has been part of the Kinect 2 beta program since late 2013 and we can attest to the significant improvements available for the next generation Kinect 2 camera. Microsoft recently announced that the Kinect 2 will be available for developers July 15th and a general market release later this year.