Software giant Microsoft is set to release a software developer’s kit for its Kinect hardware which will allow developers to create new and innovative programs for the device.
While developers have been working on their own programs since the device first became available, this is the first effort from Microsoft to provide resources for those developers.
“This morning, Craig and Don Mattrick, president, Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB), announced plans to release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit, or SDK, this spring,” Microsoft said.
“Supporting this community and enabling creativity around natural user interfaces (NUI) is important to us, and our hope is that this SDK will ignite further creativity in an already vibrant ecosystem of enthusiasts.”
The development kit will be made available for download in the next few months, the company said.
Patrick Stafford is a freelance journalist and a former deputy editor of SmartCompany.
