Will a Kinect Azure do bodytracking with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti?

March 17, 2023 12:33 PM

Is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU compatible with the 1050 required by the Kinect Azure? (See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/kinect-dk/system-requirements#body-tracking-host-pc-hardware-requirements)

I am 100% not a PC person, but I'm looking to do some body tracking with a Kinect Azure. And I'm looking to do it cheaply.

This laptop seems to be a good choice: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-AN515-57-79TD-i7-11800H-GeForce-Keyboard/dp/B09R65RN43/ref=psdc_565108_t1_B074Q54GSR?th=1

My main question: Is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU compatible with the 1050 required by the Kinect Azure? (See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/kinect-dk/system-requirements#body-tracking-host-pc-hardware-requirements)

Any other gotchas I should be worried about? I don't need a long-term machine, just one that will work with a project involving the Kinect Azure and relatively simple Unity projects.

Thank you!

posted by chasing to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Best answer: That GPU should be fine I think. A quick browse of the Azure GitHub issues list shows up some problems they had with 30x series GPUs last year that seem to be resolved by v1.1.2. Here is one example.
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 1:50 PM on March 17, 2023

If you have a RTX3050 laptop, I'm sure it'll have more than adequate RAM (the min spec is 4GB, you'll want at least 16GB).

All of your specs are far above the minimum.
posted by porpoise at 5:17 PM on March 17, 2023