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Hopefully this will also mean decent Python support, because with the Kinect for Windows v2 dev kit I'd have to wait until wrappers became available.

The Kinect v1 was also a pain to get working on x64 Windows, so hopefully things will be a bit easier this time around

We like Python - we support it in libfreenect, so we'll probably have it in libfreenect2.

Sure, but what happens when you get bought by Apple? :)

does alpha mean 'unknown binary blob' or 'raw depth data of more or less known structure'?

The latter.

wooohoo, this is big, why didnt you make an official announcement? this is Hackaday newsworthy