We have released debian packages for the kinect stack on C Turtle and have also added Ubuntu Maverick compatibility.  We hope that this will make it easier to play with ROS and the Kinect over your Thanksgiving holidays ;).<div>

<br></div><div>We made a major breakthrough with the kinect driver -- we have figured out how to get the IR image.  You can see an example here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ros.org/news/2010/11/some-ros-treats-for-thanksgiving.html">http://www.ros.org/news/2010/11/some-ros-treats-for-thanksgiving.html</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>We&#39;ve already used the IR image to do monocular and stereo calibration using the ROS calibration tools, and will soon have RGB/depth calibration for you to play with as well. </div><div><br></div>
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Happy Thanksgiving!</div><div><br></div>