ofxKinect on Windows - Kinect with OpenFrameworks
Installing this is a bit strange, and you'll inevitably run into the problem (when running your app for the first time or an example app) that it complains about not being able to find libusb0.dll.
This is a problem with the drivers being off. If you have the official Microsoft drivers installed, you will need to replace them. There is a lovely thread that informs us of this.
Fix this by going into the ofxKinect's folder in addons/ (under your OpenFrameworks directory, ..../OpenFrameworks/addons/ofxKinect/) and finding the libs folder. You want to navigate to:
....\OpenFrameworks\addons\ofxKinect\libs\libfreenect\platform\windows\inf\xbox nui camera
where there is a libusb-win32-bin-README.txt which contains instructions for where to put copies of libusb0.dll and libusb0.sys (system32 and syswow64 for the dll files, system32/drivers and syswow64/drivers for the sys files).
Here's the part that took me forever and a half to figure out. To install the correct drivers for your system, you need to:
plug in the kinect device
when windows says "installing device software" cancel this
go to the Device Manager (Start->Control Panel->Device Manager or search under the start menu)
under Other Devices find the Xbox NUI controller
right click->update driver (this wasn't an option for me for awhile, but it should be eventually.)
browse computer for drivers
give your path to the folder ...\OpenFrameworks\addons\ofxKinect\libs\libfreenect\platform\windows\inf\
you may need to repeat this for the various devices available from the kinect (e.g. audio, motor, camera)