Beta version of Kinect SDK announced for Windows 7

Microsoft just recently a software development kit for the Kinect motion sensor originally designed for the Xbox games console. From now on, non-commercial testing and development work can be started with the SDK, and once the final SDK release becomes available, commercial pricing (if any) will be revealed.

At this point, the SDK allows you to access both raw and processed data, and contains pretty good documentation already for a beta SDK. To download your copy, visit the download page. Of course, you will also need the Kinect device; these sell for $195 on Amazon.