Pins zu date:2014-07-14

This version of the device "is intended for use with the Kinect for Windows software development kit 2.0," suggesting it's being targeted at developers and tinkerers, and not directly at consumers who might want motion or voice-controlled games and apps on the PC.

Water-cooling enables the use of the lightweight material and thus enables a significant weight reduction by nearly 30% while simultaneously providing cost and system benefits. First, much less effort is required to protect neighboring components from the heat. Second, cooling of the exhaust flow reduces the thermal load on the catalytic converter, meaning it hardly ages at all.