Should I sell my Xbox One Kinect or use it as a webcam?

xXBananasXx · Apr 22, 2016

Hey guys, so I have an Xbox One Kinect and no Xbox One (sold it without). So I can either sell it for maybe $50, or I could buy an adapter from Microsoft for $50 and use it with my PC. I don't have a webcam currently, and I've been thinking about getting one for things like Twitch streaming, Skype, and Youtube. I've been told that the Xbox One Kinect Camera is actually pretty good, so just wondering if I should sell it or not, and if anyone else has done this already. Thanks.

basroil · Apr 23, 2016

Yes, you can use it as a camera, but if you're interested in robotics or 3d printing I HIGHLY recommend you download the Kinect SDK (or kinfu if you're into linux instead) and play around with it. In the future it might even be possible to use it with windows hello.

If you're not into doing semi-productive things though, find your nearest college and see if one of their robotics/CS labs wants to buy it off of you. You might get a bit more than $50 that way.

xXBananasXx · Apr 23, 2016

basroil :

Well I mean I'd have to download the Kinect SDK or whatever anyway just to use it with the PC, but the point was is it good as a webcam or recording things etc. or am I a lot better off not spending any money on it and selling it?

basroil · Apr 23, 2016

xXBananasXx :

In the $50 range it's a mid-level, though huge camera. In the $100 range (adapter costs quite a bit last I checked, not $100 of course though), it's not really all that good compared to excellent devices like the logitech 920

xXBananasXx · Apr 26, 2016

the adapater is $50. Basically should i get that and use the xbox one kinect or sell the kinect and buy something like the logitech c920 webcam?

basroil · Apr 26, 2016

xXBananasXx :

Only you can decide that, though for that price you can always get http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1065508-REG/microsoft_5wh_00002_lifecam_studio_1080p_hd_webcam_gray.html and have a much smaller camera with 1080p output and internal processing

xXBananasXx · Apr 26, 2016

is that better than the c90?

basroil · Apr 26, 2016

xXBananasXx :

The logitech 930 is likely better overall, but also twice the price at nearly $100

xXBananasXx · Apr 27, 2016

Thanks for the help. Thinking I should just sell the kinect. Thanks for your time.

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