After the grand success of Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft is coming up with Kinect for Windows on February 1, 2012.
Kinect for Windows hardware and accompanying software will be available in 12 countries (United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom).
The Kinect for Windows will be available at a retail price of US $249. The price includes a one-year warranty, access to ongoing software updates for both speech and human tracking, and our continued investment in Kinect for Windows-based software advancements. Later this year, it will be available in special academic pricing (planned at US $149) for Qualified Educational Users.