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by z-e-r-o 4698 days ago
They seem to be quite dedicated to ToF, as they bought not one but two companies (3DV Systems, Canesta) just to have their own inhouse ToF system [1].

I found two images from the inside of Kinect One, if someone is interested: [2] [3], from the Wired article [4]

The processing system on the other hand might be in-house, or probably with the help of their amazing MS Research team. The demo in this video is absolutely state-of-the-art tracking: [5].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-flight_camera [2] http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/05/20130514... [3] http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/05/20130514... [4] http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one-development-... [5] http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one/