Kinect 2 will have higher resolution nearly x2. ipi team, do you expect double precision results? can i combine kinect 360 and kinect 2 when available?

KINECT 2 SPECS

Field of View: 70? horizontal by 60? vertical
Resolvable Depth: 0.8 m -> 4.0 m
Colour Stream: 1920 x 1080 x 16 bpp 16:9 YUY2 @ 30 fps
Depth Stream: 512 x 424 x 16 bpp, 13-bit depth
Infrared Stream: 512 x 424, 11-bit dynamic range
Registration: Colour <-> depth and active IR
Audio Capture: 4-mic array returning 48K Hz audio
Data Path: USB 3.0
Latency: ~60 ms with processing
Tilt Motor: No tilt motor

ORIGINAL KINECT SPECS

Field of View: 57.5? horizontal by 43.5? vertical
Resolvable Depth: 0.8 m -> 4.0 m
Colour Stream: 640 x 480 x 24 bpp 4:3 RGB @ 30fps640 x 480 x 16 bpp 4:3 YUV @ 15fps
Depth Stream: 320 x 240 16 bpp, 13-bit depth
Infrared Stream: No IR stream
Registration: Color <-> depth
Audio Capture: 4-mic array returning 48 Hz audio
Data Path: USB 2.0
Latency: ~90 ms with processing
Tilt Motor: Vertical only

The accuracy may improve slightly, but not dramatic.
It is too early to talk about what configurations could be used with new Kinect. First we get the device, then think about the ways it can be used.