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Notes on OpenKinect after reading through their
[http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page|wiki].

  *  openkinect/libfreenect is a low-level library to simply get access to
	the device without having to care about	about USB protocol and the
	like.

	Not quite as low-level as a driver, but also not too much higher than
	such.

  *  While they have planned an 'analysis' library for higher-level
	stuff like gesture recognition this, and also a nice set of links
	under their '[http://openkinect.org/wiki/Research_Material|Research]' section they also make clear that nothing of that is implemented.

  *  For testing they have a nice setup with the 'record' utility and
	the 'fakenect' library, which simply replays recorded material.
	While their set of public recordings is small, it is non-empty,
	allowing initial development to work without an actual device. Making
	having one of lesser importance.

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