The Kinect diagram shows a total of nine strands I attach a diagram with this message. So, I do not think that it is a good idea to hack that cable apart. The Xbox Kinect, when you purchase it on its own, will come with a USB converter cable that turns the special Kinect cable into a USB connection. The company also says it will bundle the Kinect with a 4GB Xbox 360 console for $299.99. a report on WinRumors suggests Microsoft is preparing drivers and an official SDK for Kinect to work You can still use your Kinect with your Xbox 360 or Xbox One, but the sensor is not compatible with Xbox Series X|S consoles. The Kinect sensor is a legacy product originally released for Xbox 360, and then for the Xbox One series with the Kinect Adapter. Kinect has a built-in camera that lets you play interactive games, take pictures, and more. My xbox 360 kinect was working perfect on my old computer with windows 7 and kinect sdk 1.7. I now tried it to get to work with my new computer (windows 10) en Nvidia with DirectX 11 USB 3.0 and just cannot load the drivers to get it to work. When I run the configuration verifier, I get an orange message on the USB stating that my Kinect might Go to the Kinect Settings page: Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide. Select Profile & system > Settings > Devices & connections > Kinect. On the Kinect Settings page, make sure Kinect on is selected. Stay on this page for 5 minutes to make sure your console completes any available updates. To video chat on Xbox 1 console, you need Kinect and the Skype app. It's worth investing the extra $100 in Xbox 1 Kinect. I have Zoo Tycoon and Kinect Sports Rivals, and those games are real fun with Kinect. Xbox 360's Kinect would probably conk out if it was used for those games, to me Xbox 1's Kinect has better hardware. Xbox 1's Kinect also The first Kinect launched with the Xbox 360. A newer version was originally supposed to be a requirement to use the Xbox One, but Microsoft changed that policy ahead of the console’s release. 1. Produce high-Quality 3D Scans. The Kinect Fusion project allows a user to use an off-the-shelf Kinect camera as a 3D scanner for producing high-quality 3D scans of small or large objects. With smaller objects, the user has to move it around in front of the sensor while with large objects, the user moves the sensor to scan it. llCGq.