Microsoft's Kinect is a motion sensing input device for the Xbox 360 and PCs. Combining video and depth cameras, the Kinect allows developers to create a touchless and immersive user experience through voice, movement and gesture control. In addition to an official Microsoft SDK for Windows PCs, ...
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Kinect pictures come out broken/blotchy
I've been working on connecting my Xbox kinect to a windows 8 Asus computer, I have all the drivers installed, but when I start up a scanner, I get an image like this
This happens with both skanect ...
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Kinect Motor Device Not Detected
I'm trying to install a kinect on Ubuntu 12.04.
Unfortunately, lsusb shows that the motor device is not detected :
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 045e:02c2 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 010: ID ...
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Is there a way to get Debian Wheezy to detect the Microsoft Kinect correctly? [closed]
lsusb shows that the motor device is not detected:
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 045e:02ad Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Audio
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 045e:02ae Microsoft Corp. Xbox NUI Camera
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Installing Kinect with OpenNI on Windows8
I'm following these instructions
http://www.kinecthacks.com/guides/install-kinect-on-your-pc-and-start-developing-your-programs-disclaimer/
but so far have had no luck. I'm getting an error when ...
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Can the Xbox 360 Kinect work on Windows 8 in place of Kinect for Windows
Is it possible to use a Xbox 360 Kinect with Windows 8 in place of a Kinect for Windows?
Note that this would be used in a Home Theater PC environment, and not at a normal desktop set up, so range ...
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How to install drivers for Microsoft Kinect on Windows Vista
I have a Kinect sensor for XBox, and I´d like to try to develop some applications for Kinect. Problem is that when I´ve tried to install SDK or runtime, an error occurred. Namely, I have an unsuitable ...
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Microsoft Kinect SDK vs PrimeSense OpenNI vs OpenKinect
Trying to get my head wrapped around all the options available as a developer when comparing the various Kinect SDK's.
http://www.brekel.com/?p=677 used to have a page summarizing some of the key ...
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Is Xbox Kinect hardware compatible with OpenNI drivers and middleware?
I am currently exploring the difference between OpenKinect's libfreenect and the OpenNI SDK. The latter seems to offer more features and options. But I currently only have the Xbox Kinect hardware ...
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webcam see my body movement and run a windows7 command
Is it possible to recognize body movement with a laptop webcam or a Kinect and go to the next slide in PowerPoint 2010 or run a command in Windows 7?
I want it so that when I move my hand, PowerPoint ...
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“Could not claim interface on camera: -6” when trying to connect usb camera (Kinect)
I have installed the freenect library from openkinect.org. With that library there is a demo application which you can run from the terminal to test out the Kinect. However when I run this command I ...
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Is Windows Kinect a different hardware from Xbox Kinect?
I couldn't tell from the official site whether Windows Kinect is just an SDK, or another hardware piece that works only with Windows.
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Kinect joint detection from top [closed]
I'm wondering, does the Kinect detect joints correctly when it's put on the top (on the ceiling).
I don't have necessary equipment to attach it to ceiling and test, but was wondering whether it ...
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Is there any software available to control a Windows 7 PC with a Kinect?
Now that the SDK has been out for a bit, is there any software available to control a Windows 7 PC with a Kinect? I'd like to get rid of my mouse attached to my media center PC. This is mainly to be ...
