Microsoft Kinect and Kinect SDK
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The document discusses the Microsoft Kinect technology. It provides an introduction and history, describing how Kinect was launched in 2010 and allows users to control an Xbox or Windows system without a controller. It covers the design and working of Kinect, including its ability to track 20 joints and skeletons at a distance of 0.5-6 meters. Differences between the Kinect for Xbox and Kinect for Windows are outlined. Applications and the future scope of Kinect are discussed.
Microsoft Kinect and Kinect SDK
- 1. Presented by Siraj Haji Suleman
- 2. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Application and Future Scope 2
- 3. Introduction Kinect is a “Hardware” Enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 or Windows without using a physical controller Can “See” in 3D under any ambient light conditions 3
- 4. History Project NATAL in June 2009 Launched in North America on November 4, 2010 „Kinect for Windows‟ was released on February 1, 2012 Guinness World Record of being the "fastest selling consumer electronics device” 4
- 5. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Application and Future Scope 5
- 6. Design 6
- 7. Specification 20 Joints of Skeleton Tracking Distance: 0.5-6 m Movement Tracking and Identity Technique 640 x 480-pixel resolution Vertical Elevation Angle of -27o to +27o Run at 30 FPS (frames per second) 57o horizontally and 43o vertically 7
- 8. Behind the Scenes 8
- 9. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Application and Future Scope 9
- 10. Kinect XBOX 360 Kinect For Windows Near Mode is not Supported Near mode is Supported Tested only for XBOX 360 Tested for Windows based Platform Non-Commercial Version Commercial Version Not Full-Fledged Support in Full-Fledged Support in SDK SDK Skeleton Tracking is not Skeleton Tracking is better good enough than Kinect XBOX 10
- 11. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Application and Future Scope 11
- 12. Kinect SDK (Kinect Software Development Kit) Classes for each part of Hardware kit of Kinect Kinect SDK Beta v 1.0 released in June 2011 Kinect SDK Beta v 2.0 released in October 2011 Kinect SDK commercial version released in February 2012 12
- 13. Development using Kinect Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with Kinect SDK .NET Framework 4.0 Knowledge of SDK API‟s .NET based language experience i.e. C#, VB.NET, VC++ OpenNI v/s Kinect SDK 13
- 14. SDK Namespaces and Classes NameSpace ◦ Microsoft.Kinect Namespace Classes ◦ Skeleton ◦ Joints ◦ ImageStream ◦ NUIAudioStream ◦ DepthStream 14
- 15. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Application and Future Scope 15
- 16. Similar Technologies combination of the Playstation Move with the Playstation Eye 16
- 17. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Application and Future Scope 17
- 18. Advantages Our movements become the movements in the games we play Games that educate will now incorporate the whole body Kinect is easy to handle and use Microsoft Kinect is entertaining and ultimate source of fun Bridge the gap between virtual world and real world 18
- 19. Disadvantages Fingers aren‟t mapped individually Need a lot of space It sometimes doesn't catch on to your body movements Don't always want to be running or jumping Limitation in Kinect SDK 19
- 20. Objectives Introduction and History Design and Working Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows Kinect SDK Similar Technologies Advantages and Disadvantages Applications and Future Scope 20
- 21. Applications Gestured Based Game NUI based Software Kinect in Robotics Gesture Based Learning Voice Recognition based Software 21
- 22. Future Scope Kinect Studio Kinect in Home Automation Seated Skeleton Kinect In Education Support for new Languages 22
- 23. Conclusion Mostly used for games Pioneer in the Consumer Market of the Human / Virtual Environment Interaction Gesture and Voice User Interface Application in many different domains Opening the doors of the Virtual and Augmented Reality 23
- 24. References http://www.xbox.com/en-IN/Kinect http://booktype-demo.sourcefabric.org/after-kinect/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/top-10- robotic-kinect-hacks http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=61 65146 Meet the Kinect. Author: Jonathan Hall, Phoenix Perry, Sean Kean 24
- 25. T H A N K Y O U 25
Editor's Notes
- #26: Real time human pose recognition in parts from single depth image