distribution_windows.md

Windows Distribution

Intel® RealSense™ SDK 2.0 provides tools and binaries for the Windows platform using GitHub Releases

To build from source, please follow the steps described here

After plugging the camera into a USB3 port, you should be able to see the newly connected device in the Device Manager:

Intel RealSense Viewer

• Go to the latest stable release, navigate to the Assets section, download and run Intel.RealSense.Viewer.exe:

• Explore the depth data:

Installing the SDK

• Go to the latest stable release, navigate to the Assets section, download and run Intel.RealSense.SDK.exe:

• Click through several simple steps of the installer:

1. Intel® RealSense™ SDK 2.0 is distributed under the Apache 2.0 permissive open-source license:

   

2. The SDK includes the RealSense Viewer, as well as development packages for various programming languages:

   

3. Approve adding two shortcuts to your desktop:

   

4. Review before installing:

   

5. Open the Intel® RealSense™ Samples solution:

   Note: Visual Studio 2022 uses the 64-bit Program Files folder rather than the 32-bit Program Files (x86) where librealsense is located.
   To fix this, open Program Files (x86)/Intel RealSense SDK 2.0/intel.realsense.prop (elevated permissions may be needed) and change librealsenseSDK macro:
   

   • <librealsenseSDK>$(ProgramFiles)\Intel RealSense SDK 2.0</librealsenseSDK>
     to
     
   • <librealsenseSDK>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\Intel RealSense SDK 2.0</librealsenseSDK>
     

   

6. Press F5 to compile and run the demos:

   

7. Success!