# Kinect with Windows 10 or any alternative?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/kinect-with-windows-10-or-any-alternative/23963
**Category:** Electronics (Arduino, etc.)
**Created:** [September 19, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/kinect-with-windows-10-or-any-alternative/23963 "2020-09-19T15:20:44Z")
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#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/kinect-with-windows-10-or-any-alternative/23963/1 "2020-09-19T15:20:44Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m about to start teaching Processing at an art academy and I would like to propose the students some interactive works with Kinect.  
It’s been some years I don’t use this device and as I should buy one to test it, I checked on the web for some updates. Well, I read here and there that Microsoft discontinued the Kinect sensor since 2017.

So now I have a couple of questions:

- is now Kinect still running on Windows 10 and is the openNI library still available for Processing 3?  
I read that there might be some versions that are still working properly…

- do you think Kinect sensor is now a bit obsolete? if so, is there any fresh alternative to Kinect for Windows 10 and with a dedicated library for Processing 3?  
(of course I’m talking about devices with affordable prices)

Any suggestion will be highly appreciated:)  
Thanks