10.6

Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

Release: KinectTools, v0.3

Release Type: Production
Version: 0.3
Release Notes

Source code is available on GitHub.

Changes since KinectTools 0.2

  • Significantly improved performance.
  • Inverted depth buffer output (now near=light, far=dark).
  • Added Accelerometer output.
  • Added Device ID input (to select among multiple Kinects connected to the same host).

Known Issues

  • Color fringes on RGB image.
  • Kinect model 1414 is supported, but Kinect model 1473 is not supported.

Find location of uniquely colored object (Composition by jstrecker)

Author: jstrecker
License: (unknown)
Date: 2010.11.22
Compatibility: 10.5, 10.6
Categories:
Required plugins:
(none)

An implementation of Core Image functions from GPU Gems 3.

Adapted by @jstrecker and @smokris.


3rd-party plugins needed:

Usage:

  1. Get a colored object to track, such as a marker.

  2. Calibrate the color: Click Input Parameters, click Color, click the color picker (magnifying glass) in the color dialog. Hold up the object to the video camera and click on it. Adjust the Threshold until the object and nothing else is highlighted (as much as possible).

The white circle should follow the object.

Known issues:

  • The framerate is slow (on my machine, 8-10 FPS for a 256x256 image). Any suggestions welcome.

  • It needs square images with height & width a power of 4. (The input image is automatically adjusted.) With extra math you could get rid of this restriction.

Rotate Cube With Keyboard (Composition by jstrecker)

Author: jstrecker
License: (unknown)
Date: 2010.11.21
Compatibility: 10.5, 10.6
Categories:
Required plugins:
(none)

Simple example: The keyboard controls a cube's rotation.

  • To rotate: arrow keys, slash (/), period (.)
  • To reset: space

Cube Wave - Timed Jump (Composition by jstrecker)

Author: jstrecker
License: (unknown)
Date: 2010.11.20
Compatibility: 10.5, 10.6
Categories:
Required plugins:
(none)

Simple example: Cubes in a line jump up one after another.

Click "Input Parameters". Check the box for "Start Signal".

Cube Wave - Smooth Start & Stop (Composition by jstrecker)

Author: jstrecker
License: (unknown)
Date: 2010.11.20
Compatibility: 10.5, 10.6
Categories:
Required plugins:
(none)

Simple example: A line of cubes moves in a wave.

Click "Input Parameters". Check the box for "Start Signal".