At first thought, you may feel like this is a bad thing. A waste of time. Imagine what we'll be able to do once the Kinect is unlocked and is allowed to be modded for other uses than it was intended.. No need for TrackIR? Maybe..
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2013/05/23/the-new-generation-kinect-for-windows-sensor-is-coming-next-year.aspx