Kinect

I put together this music video last week, which used an application I've developed that leverages QuartzComposer.

I decided to try using a kinect (via v002 Open Kinect) with the app's built in FX, and also made a few setups that used the NI Rutt Etra 3.0, and this was the result:

Well Well Well from George Toledo on Vimeo.

Hey everybody, II was wondering if anybody had any suggest on how to utilize the Kinect in TuioKinect. My big big problem is that if i run synapse( synapsekinect.tumblr.com/‎) to get the video in qc it's all ok, when i try to use recent patches that i find on the web or the sample patch for see the kinect in qc (open kinect) or TuioKinect i don't see nothing or message No kinect/device connected. From my research on the forum, i read that probably th problem is the model of my kinect ( I'm running this off my macbook 10.7.5 - kinect model n.1473) Any suggest? i'm really really really tired of this situations! thxs

Giants of the Hoods is a Kinect based interactive installation that has visited media festivals like Cinekid in Amsterdam and Farbfest in Dessau. The source file consists basic animation for two characters. I hope this helps people interested in Kinect.

You can find out more information from our web page. Same files can be found in this post.

http://www.giantsofthehoods.com/source/

I am looking to try and simulate grass moving when someone walks by. I am not really sure how to go about doing that. I was looking at 1024 rope example thinking I might be able to move that. Any ideas would really help.