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. 2019 Mar 2;19(5):1072. doi: 10.3390/s19051072

Table 6.

Kinect v1 compared to Kinect v2 with their technical specifications.

Kinect v1 Kinect v2
Dimensions 27.94 cm × 6.35 cm × 3.81 cm [105] 24.9 cm × 6.6 cm × 6.7 cm [106]
Color resolution and fps 640 × 380 at 30 fps
or 1280 × 720 at 12 fps
1920 × 1080 at 30 fps
IR resolution and fps 640 × 480 at 30 fps 512 × 424 at 30 fps
Depth resolution and fps 320 × 240 at 30 fps 512 × 424 at 30 fps
Field of view wide-angle lens 57° horizontal, 43° vertical 70° horizontal, 60° vertical
Specified min. distance 0.4 m or 0.8 m 0.5 m
Recommended min. distance 1.8 m 1.4 m
Tested min. distance 1 m 0.7 m
Specified max. distance 4 m 4.5 m
Tested max. distance 6 m 4 m
Active infrared Not available Available
Measurement method Infrared structured light Time of Flight
Minimum latency 102 ms 20 ms
Microphone array 4 microphones, 16 kHz 4 microphones, 48 kHz
Tilt-motor Available, ±27° [107] Not available
Temperature Weak correlation Strong correlation
More distance Less accuracy Same accuracy
Striped depth image Increases with depth No stripes on image
Depth precision Higher Less
Flying pixels Not present Present if surface is not flat
Environment color Depth estimation unaffected Affects depth estimation
Multipath interference Not present Present
Angles affect precision No No
Precision decreasing Second order polynomial No math. behavior