Kinect + Flash CS5

Hello seriousgamer247.

From what I've read, they can.

Can the xbox Kinect be used as a webcam? - Yahoo! Answers

It sounds like you might have to hack it a bit for it to work, but other than that it should work.

EDIT: This probably shouldn't be in the programming section, even if you've tried to achieve this by programming.

I'll see if I can get someone to move this into the Game support section.

Sorry for the double-post, just thought I'd give more information.

This post will remain here at the programming section, my bad.

So far, you cannot use the Kinect hardware on your PC as a webcam without hacking it. You could try using Oliver Kreylos' project, where he successfully converted the Kinect driver to be a 3D video capturer, which would be your best bet to use it for your PC.

You can use the Kinect device with your XBox to do a Cam-to-Cam video stream chat. As far as I know, you can also chat with people using webcams on a PC system. You'd still be using your XBox, but it's still the same thing ( if you have an XBox to do this with ).

Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits ; These people are currently holding a $2,000 contest to see who can hack the Kinect device first, which should be very fruitful in getting several new hacks for it. You can wait a bit for that if you'd like to.

Source(s):

Kinect as Webcam Real-Time 3D Video Capture Project » My Digital Life