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look here how to install it : &nbsp;<a href="http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/hardware/1905-getting-started-pc-kinect.html" rel="ugc">http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/hardware/1905-getting-started-pc-kinect.html</a>
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look here how to install it :  http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/hardware/1905-getting-started-pc-kinect.html [http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/hardware/1905-getting-started-pc-kinect.html]

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how are you going to use it though when its connected <br />
see <br />
<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/control-windows-pc-kinect/" rel="ugc">http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/control-windows-pc-kinect/</a>
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how are you going to use it though when its connected
see
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/control-windows-pc-kinect/ [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/control-windows-pc-kinect/]

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I boueght a kinect device and I want to use it on my PC as a sensor. &nbsp;I understand this is possible because there are drivers for kinect. &nbsp;However, I don't understand the kinect cable. &nbsp;Its not usb, its not firewire. &nbsp;It is some kind of a rectangle with a corner notched off. &nbsp; I can't identify what type of cable. &nbsp;Mind you I don';t own an xbox. &nbsp;<br />
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Do I have to tear it apart to connect it to the PC? &nbsp;Or is there USB-Kinect adaptor I can buy to accomplish this? &nbsp; &nbsp;Or perhaps did I buy the wrong kinect device? &nbsp;is there a version that hooks to USB?<br />
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Any advice for a first time kinect programmer?<br />
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I boueght a kinect device and I want to use it on my PC as a sensor.  I understand this is possible because there are drivers for kinect.  However, I don't understand the kinect cable.  Its not usb, its not firewire.  It is some kind of a rectangle with a corner notched off.   I can't identify what type of cable.  Mind you I don';t own an xbox.  

Do I have to tear it apart to connect it to the PC?  Or is there USB-Kinect adaptor I can buy to accomplish this?    Or perhaps did I buy the wrong kinect device?  is there a version that hooks to USB?

Any advice for a first time kinect programmer?



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