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I bought once an old Kinect for XBOX 360 for less than 80$ and it worked fine.

In the Microsoft website, they said to prefer Kinect for PC because it contains improvement on the SDK and the API... but, naturally, this the Windows SDK, not the Linux one, which means that it's the same for ROS users to use Kinect for XBOX or Kinect for PC (unless you are using ROS for Windows which is not a stable version)

My advice, if you want to buy a new Kinect, is to prefer the Kinect v2 for XBOX ONE, which is better than Kinect v1 for XBOX 360 :

  • HD resolution: 1960x1028 (compared to 640x480 for v1)
  • Larger range depth sensor: 512x424 (compared to 320x240)
  • Larger field of view: 70x60 degrees (compared to 57x43)
  • Title motor
  • USB 3.0 support

And of course, this version is compatible with ROS

The actual price of Kinect v2 including the USB adapter is 150$

EDIT: if you prefer to although to buy Kinect for XBOX 360, make sure it includes the USB adapter

I bought once an old Kinect for XBOX 360 for less than 80$ and it worked fine.

In the Microsoft website, they said to prefer Kinect for PC because it contains improvement on the SDK and the API... but, naturally, this the Windows SDK, not the Linux one, which means that it's the same for ROS users to use Kinect for XBOX or Kinect for PC (unless you are using ROS for Windows which is not a stable version)

My advice, if you want to buy a new Kinect, is to prefer the Kinect v2 for XBOX ONE, which is better than Kinect v1 for XBOX 360 :

  • HD resolution: 1960x1028 30fps (compared to 640x480 for v1)
  • Larger range depth sensor: 512x424 (compared to 320x240)
  • Larger field of view: 70x60 degrees (compared to 57x43)
  • Title motor
  • USB 3.0 support

And of course, this version is compatible with ROS

The actual price of Kinect v2 including the USB adapter is 150$

EDIT: if 150$.

If you prefer to although to buy Kinect for XBOX 360, make sure it includes the USB adapter

adapter.

EDIT:

  • It seems that v2 doesn't include a tilt motor anymore!
  • Don't forget that v2 has more power consumption than v1