Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK vs Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver

Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK

A cross platform (Linux and Windows) user mode SDK to read data from your Azure Kinect device. (by microsoft)

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Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver

A ROS sensor driver for the Azure Kinect Developer Kit. (by microsoft)

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Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK		Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver
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5	Mentions	1
1,458	Stars	288
0.9%	Growth	0.3%
0.0	Activity	0.0
7 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
C++	Language	C++
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK

Posts with mentions or reviews of Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-18.

META open sources VRS file format — optimized to record and playback streams of sensor data for virtual and augmented reality
3 projects | /r/AR_MR_XR | 18 Apr 2022
Best RealSense Replacements?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Aug 2021

Does the Kinect 2 still outperform the Azure Kinect at body tracking?
https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/issues/...
Silex USB in an Azure vm?
1 project | /r/AZURE | 15 Apr 2021
How do I compile this CPP program (Kinect Azure)
1 project | /r/AskProgramming | 24 Feb 2021
HP + Microsoft Here
1 project | /r/HPReverb | 21 Jan 2021

No plans to offer it though. Check out Azure Kinect Sensor SDK GitHub to see if anyone already implemented it.

Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver

Posts with mentions or reviews of Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Need recommendations of cameras compatible with ROS for autonomous vehicles
1 project | /r/SelfDrivingCars | 26 Aug 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK and Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver you can also consider the following projects:

obs-kinect - OBS Plugin to use a Kinect (all models supported) in OBS (and setup a virtual green screen based on depth and/or body detection).

K4A_OpenVR

librealsense - Intel® RealSense™ SDK

driver_kinectV1 - SteamVR driver for Kinect for XBox 360

rhino-developer-samples - Rhino and Grasshopper developer sample code

LiveScan3D - LiveScan3D is a system designed for real time 3D reconstruction using multiple Azure Kinect or Kinect v2 depth sensors simultaneously at real time speed.

ardupilot - ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source

vrs - VRS is a file format optimized to record & playback streams of sensor data, such as images, audio samples, and any other discrete sensors (IMU, temperature, etc), stored in per-device streams of timestamped records.

SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

NaoHumanCopy - Nao copies the movement of a Person, detected by the Kinect