I'm trying to develop a face recognition application for fun with Kinect for the Xbox 360. I would like to find out which SDK and version of Visual Studio should be used to best access Kinect.
Is the Kinect SDK 2 compatible with the Xbox 360 Kinect?
No , Kinect SDK 2.0 is not compatible with any Kinect v1 sensor. From DreamSpark.com :
Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 [...] requires a new Kinect sensor for Windows v2 or Xbox One Kinect with a Kinect adapter for Windows. SDK 2.0 is not compatible with the original Kinect sensor for Windows.
If you need to develop with Kinect for the Xbox 360, you should use the Microsoft Kinect SDK 1.8 .