The power of Kinect in 10 minutes
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This document provides an overview of the Kinect sensor and getting started with Kinect development. It introduces the author and his background with Kinect. It describes the components of the Kinect sensor, including the color sensor, IR emitter, depth sensor, microphone array, and tilt motor. It explains the sensor outputs like depth, skeleton tracking, speech recognition, and face tracking. It compares the Kinect for Windows and Kinect for Xbox 360. It recommends libraries and resources for getting started, including the official Kinect SDK, tutorials, guidelines, and community sites. It encourages learning the Kinect API fundamentals and staying up-to-date on SDK updates.
The power of Kinect in 10 minutes
- 1. The power of Kinect in 10 minutes
- 2. Who am I? My name is Tom Kerkhove Owner of Kinecting for Windows Student New Media & Communication Technology at Howest Microsoft Student Partner for Kinect for Windows & Windows Azure
- 5. What’s in the sensor?
- 6. Color Sensor
- 7. IR Emitter IR Depth Sensor
- 10. Tilt motor
- 12. Sensor output
- 13. Depth • Ability to get distance of pixel based on the sensor & gives player index • Default or near mode
- 15. Skeleton Tracking • Two trackingmodes : Default Seated • Positions are in three dimensional world based on the sensor. (values are in meters)
- 16. Speech • Tracks loudest audio input • Automatic ambient noise filter • Can track position by noise
- 17. Face Tracking • Released since SDK 1.5 • 87 tracked points • Not unique per user
- 20. Kinect for Windows vs Kinect for Xbox360 - Additional features like Near-mode, Features Seated-mode, shorter USB-cable, - Basic features extended camera, etc. - $200 - $250 - $100 - $150 Pricing - Free SDK - Free SDK - For development & xbox use Licensing - For development & public use - Not for public use
- 21. Sensor output
- 22. Getting Started!
- 23. Getting Started! Libraries Official K4W SDK for C#, C++ & VB.net AIRKinect as a ActionScript 3-wrapper Kinect for Processing Library or Jnect for Eclipse as a Java-wrapper KinectJS as a Javascript-wrapper
- 24. Getting Started! Human Interface Guidelines UX guidelines for creating applications that are user-friendly Learn how to get all the power out of the sensor Developers need to read this as well
- 25. Getting Started! Kinect for Windows official Official SDK updates & change logs Kinect for Windows news Stay up-to-date Channel 9’s Coding4Fun Features Kinect projects/blog posts/libraries from the community
- 26. Getting Started! Start Here! Learn the Kinect API Looks at the hardware in more depth Fundamentals on the Kinect API Good look-up if you’re new to the SDK or want to refresh your memory Covers SDK 1.5
- 27. Getting Started! Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit Takes Kinect API to the next level Gestures & Postures 3D representations of the scene Expert insights
- 28. Getting Started! Kinecting for Windows News on Kinect for Windows SDK Updates Cool projects Libraries Tutorials Videos
- 29. Thank you