The Kinect 2 upgrades the original camera to 1080p from VGA. There’s also a IR camera, giving the device night vision. The camera boasts a better field of view, allowing it to function well in The Kinect uses an infrared projector and sensor; it does not use its RGB camera for depth computation. The technique of analyzing a known pattern is called structured light. The Kinect combines structured light with two classic computer vision techniques: depth from focus, and depth from stereo. Firstly, its called just the Kinect, not Xbox 360 Kinect. The reason being is that the Kinect is a open source hardware which can be used by other companies. The kinect will connect to all Xbox 360's. If you have an Xbox One S without an eject button, the sync and Xbox button will work. If none of these methods work, you can reboot the console’s resolution settings. If you have a disc in Microsoft discontinued production of the USB Kinect adapter recently, which is why scalpers are posting them for inflated prices on places like eBay or Amazon. The only way to play Kinect games on your Xbox One S is to either get an adapter from these third-party resellers, or find a used original Xbox One console. Developer support for Kinect on Xbone petered out within its first year. Neat little piece of tech, but its applications for games limited. At this point its only real function is as a mic if your headset breaks or for the voice commands if you actually use them, as iirc they've patched out gesture navigation with the recent dashboard redesigns. Right-click on "WDF KinectSensor Interface 0". Click "Update Driver Software" Click “Search automatically for updated driver software”. Allow it to download and install the new driver. Reboot. You can now use the Kinect for Xbox One as a webcam and for Windows Hello. References: Windows Hello with the Kinect v2. Test Distribution Drivers. Strangly I have 2 cases where a Kinect doesn't work, and 1 was working before a firmware update (can't tell whether that was a kinect firmware update as well). I'll explain both; I have a (new) Xbox One S All Digital console and attached a (new) Kinect to it using the adapter, but the Xbox just doesn't see the Kinect. eYutygT.