O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). More »
It was originally sold as a way to play games on the Xbox 360 without using a physical controller, but the Kinect was quickly adopted by hardware hackers who figured out how to interface this motion-c...
This first article in the Using the Microsoft Kinect API” series shows you how to use the Kinect to get a video stream. The Kinect sensor lets you retrieve 32 bit RGB images at a resolution of 640x4...
In this article I’m going to guide you through the Compilation process of as3kinect under Unix and Windows.
First you will need to install some dependencies and the compiler—the exact list and t...
This article walks you through the features and development challenges of the as3Kinect wrapper for OpenKinect.
The as3Kinect project is an application that acts like a socket server; it reads data f...
Installing OpenKinect and as3Kinect for Popular OSs
This article guides you through the steps required to get your Kinect working with your computer.
What Equipment Do You Need?
You need two pieces ...
This article functions as an introduction to building OpenKinect and as3kinect projects. This is the first in a series of articles on this topic. This opening article attempts to answer the following ...
Microsoft's Kinect is a hacker's dream. The combination of digital input, physical movement, sound and visuals inspires applications way beyond gaming. On first glance you can see how it could be used...
Help
