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Focused on the `libfreenect` library for Microsoft Kinect, enabling the Kinect to used with Windows, Linux and Mac.

OpenKinect is a community of people making use of the Microsoft Kinect hardware for PCs and other devices. The communities primary focus, libfreenect, is a set of open source libraries that enable the Kinect to be used with Windows, Linux, and Mac.

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Any way of getting Kinect V2 tracking data with javascript?

My question is: How to get Kinect for Windows V2 tracking data to Javascript for HTML5 games or other browser hacks. I used the Zigfu browser plugin with my old Kinect to work with Javascript in the browser and that worked on my Macintosh too. I…
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How to align RGB and Depth image of Kinect in OpenCV?

I have a C++ project, where I am using OpenCV and Libfreenect. I do not want to include something as big and heavy as OpenNI and create OpenCV installation dependency in the process. I want to use the calibration information provided here to…
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how to change RPATH on OS X

I'm doing a simple installation from openkinect's website to use an xbox kinect. The problem is there is no OSX distribution and it is assumed homebrew will take care of the installation for you. On the final step of installation I came upon a…
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Weird dot in middle of Processing Kinect (v2) image

I am trying to adapt Daniel Shiffman's code for a basic Kinect (v2) depth cloud using Processing, but there is always a pixel right in the middle of the screen that won't go anywhere, which is pretty annoying. This is an example of what I mean. You…
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Kinect v2 on Windows 7

So I finally got my two Kinect v2's in the mail, and was looking forward to get some raw data from them and see how much they interfere with each other. I went to go download the SDK, and for some reason I had never noticed the Windows 8…
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Gesture Recognition for my Grandma (Kinect) Linux

I'm looking into making a project with the Kinect to allow my Grandma to control her TV without being daunted by using the remote. So, I've been looking into basic gesture recognition. The aim will be to say turn the volume of the TV up by sending…
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How to include existing CMake git repo as submodule in my own CMake project?

I am trying to write some program using the OpenKinect project. I want to add the OpenKinect's master branch as a subdirectory to my project's source. But, if you look into the OpenKinect's own CMake, there is too much stuff there, and I do not need…
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FREENECT_DEPTH_REGISTERED has no effect with libfreenect

I'm playing around with a Kinect (the original Xbox version) on the libfreenect driver (I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 by the way). I have cloned the most recent version from git and installed it manually, as per the instructions here:…
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Python's libfreenect Kinect 1 Depth Map Data Format

For a project, I have been attempting to transform the depth map given by libfreenect (a 480 by 640 matrix with depth values 0-255) into more usable (x,y,z) coordinates. I originally assumed that the depth variable d at each pixel represented the…
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How to get the z coordinate (distance) from a Kinect v2 RGB coordinate?

I am trying to convert libfreenect RGB coordinates into DEPTH coordinates, in order to find the z coordinate (distance of object). I tried so many things but I was not able to get the resolutions right. Any ideas? I am using rgbmat in order to apply…
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Which Kinect SDK is more powerfull in skeleton tracking? the open source (openkinect) SDK or the official SDK?

I'm interested in developing an AR application that needs the Kinect sensor for tracking a human body. This application will use the skeleton tracking data to make live video processing on the human body. Because of this, I need a powerful, live and…
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Catching Exceptions with Pthreads

While this question isn't limited to the OpenKinect Libraries, it is the best example I could come up with for showing this off. In the C++ Wrapper for OpenKinect, whenever something goes wrong it throws a runtime_error exception. This example is…
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Getting to work kinect v2 as microphone in ubuntu 14.04?

I'm using Kinect v2 in Ubuntu 14.04 and trying to get a way to use it as a microphone using C++ as the programming language. I already have an application in C++ and Qt where the application redirects the audio streams from different audio input…
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capture video with kinect using libfreenect

i m trying to use kinect to capture video for video/image processing purposes i found there is an script in libfreenect/build/bin folder named fakenect-record can do this for me when i use it,it start capturing rgb and depth data in ppm and pgm…
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Kinect + OpenCV : Unable to fetch rotational vectors using cv2.solvePnP in python

I am working on a project where I require to track aerial objects and calculate the six degree of freedom. I am currently tracking colored balls , and calculating their center in rgb_frame, and using the center values to find the depth in the…
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