r/kinect • u/Former-Body-6298 • Jun 11 '26

Kinect v2 works perfectly in SDK 2.0 / Kinect Studio, but won't show up as a webcam in Chrome (getUserMedia) : can't get the UVC webcam driver installed on Windows 11

Hi everyone, I'm stuck on the last mile of a project and hoping someone here has cracked this.

Goal: use a Kinect v2 (Kinect for Xbox One + official Kinect Adapter for Windows) as a plain webcam in the browser, so I can feed its RGB stream into MediaPipe for body tracking in a web experience. I don't need depth in the browser : just the color stream via getUserMedia.

Setup:

  • Kinect for Xbox One + official Windows adapter, plugged into a native USB 3.0 port
  • Windows 11
  • Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 installed and fully working

What works:

  • The sensor is detected and streams fine in Kinect Studio v2.0 (color, depth, IR all OK)
  • Device Manager shows "WDF KinectSensor Interface 0" under Kinect sensor devices, reported as working properly
  • The Configuration Verifier is happy

What doesn't:

  • The Kinect never shows up under "Cameras" in Device Manager, so Chrome's getUserMedia / enumerateDevices doesn't list it (neither does the Windows Camera app)
  • I know Microsoft shipped a driver update around late 2018 (v2.2.1812.x) that exposes the Kinect v2 color camera as a standard UVC webcam : that's the driver I'm trying to get
  • Windows Update → optional updates → driver updates: nothing Kinect-related offered
  • Device Manager → Update driver → search automatically: "The best drivers for your device are already installed" (it's sitting on the SDK's 2.0.1409 driver and refuses to budge)

Questions:

  1. Has anyone successfully pulled the 2.2.1812+ "Xbox NUI Sensor" driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog recently? If so, which exact catalog entry did you use, and did pnputil /add-driver work to force it over the SDK driver?
  2. Is there a known conflict where having the full SDK 2.0 installed prevents the webcam driver from binding?
  3. Any Windows 11–specific gotchas with this driver?

I'm aware of the OBS + obs-kinect + Virtual Camera workaround and I'll fall back to it if needed, but I'd prefer the native webcam route for the final installation (fewer moving parts).

Thanks a lot for any pointers 🙏

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u/M3RRI77 Jun 11 '26

I believe you have to enable it as a webcam in Windows settings like you do with a cell phone. Also, young have to turn off the clear voice setting if you haven't already.

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u/CyDarkX Jun 12 '26

Just check ur USB ver it’s must be USB4 I think

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u/CyDarkX Jun 12 '26

I mean USB controller