IT guy here:
We've been struggling recently with the Kinect v2 hardware, and I'm curious to hear how any of you have dealt with the Kinect's discontinuation.
Our experiential learning area features a Kinect-based interaction with an image projected onto the wall. During a recent troubleshoot with what turned out to be a dead Kinect, we connected the PC (running Windows 11) to the network and allowed drivers to update, which appears to have broken the software translation for the device coming to the PC. We replaced the Kinect & hub and it is mostly functional, but we are running into severe framerate issues now as a result of the driver updates. We have an older Windows 8 PC with the app on it that we will attempt to resort to, but we're currently investigating how best to move forward.
Have you had luck sticking with Windows 8/10 and never connecting to the internet? Or have you had to reimagine/rebuild your Kinect-based exhibits around current tech? If so, I'd be curious to hear about the build or update or whatever it is that you've done with it.
Thank you!
Tom Eisenbraun
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Tom Eisenbraun
Assistant Network & Support Specialist
Frist Art Museum
Nashville TN
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