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

A userspace driver for the Microsoft Kinect. It runs on Linux, OSX, and Windows and supports

• RGB and Depth Images
• Motors
• Accelerometer
• LED
• Audio

see also

• Is it still possible to connect a Kinect v1 for Xbox 360 to a Linux device? (2022)
• 9 Great DIY 3D Scanners You Can Build At Home 2021
• 3D printed 3D scanner BiHor3D 360 Kinect Xbox
• Hooking Up a Kinect to Your Computer (Using Ubuntu)