Hi

Kinect is a device which, released for xbox in 2011.

but, developers can use it too.

as a developer, you can use it as a high tech cam.

this tech depth data which is infra red spectrum.

you can use it for 5 meters.(just depth)

it will shows every thing in darkness.

the main functionality of this tech is to measure the distance between the object and the cam.

hope it was useful

Best Regard

Hussain