The flurry of enthusiastic Kinect hacking proved there is a market for depth camera peripherals, leading to plug-and-play devices like Intel RealSense to make depth-sensing projects easier. - hackaday

Setting up Kinect in Linux

• Hooking Up a Kinect (instructable)

Userland driver

• OpenKinect
  • Imaging Information
• libfreenect

see also

• 9 Great DIY 3D Scanners You Can Build At Home 2021