The XBox One Kinect is completely different technology from the XBox 360 Kinect. It will not work with openni2. Someone is going to need to reverse engineer the new Kinect's protocol again unless Microsoft releases a linux SDK. (Not likely.) Originally posted by tfoote with karma: 58457 on 2013-12-15. A $400 Xbox One is obviously more competitive than a $500 one. Now that Xbox One and PlayStation 4 can both be had for the same amount of cash, it puts pressure on the lists of exclusive software According to the head of Xbox, the upcoming Series X console will feature backward compatibility only with those Xbox One titles that do not require Kinect hardware. Spencer later elaborated on that statement a bit further claiming that the accessory simply wouldn’t work on the newest console. Given that Xbox Series X has already been noticed The Kinect is officially dead. Microsoft first launched the advanced motion sensor as an add-on for the Xbox 360, but consumers rebelled when it tried to make them standard for the Xbox One Here's how to request your free Kinect adapter for the Xbox One S: Collect the serial numbers for your original Xbox One console, Xbox One S console and Kinect sensor. If you plan to trade in your K0lmLnO.