Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Kinect Hacks: Doodle Synthesizer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/28/kinect-hacks-doodle-synthesizer/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/28/kinect-hacks-doodle-synthesizer/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/28/kinect-hacks-doodle-synthesizer/#comments Clearly tired of waiting for Lionhead to put its Milo wizardry to good use, Kinect hacker "roboczar" created an application that turns a plain ol' piece of printer paper into a synthesizer by recognizing shapes drawn on the page as sound buttons. The Kinect sensor scans the object (paper, in this case) and virtualizes it into a musical instrument. What happens next, however, is where things get really magical.

Roboczar uses the application -- one he wrote at MIT, applied in tandem with other open-source code -- to play a dedication to our favorite L.A. cop, Axel Foley. Bravo, sir! Head past the break and get your boogie on.

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JoystiqKinect Hacks: Doodle Synthesizer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Kinect, however, is just the beginning for PrimeSense. Earlier this month, the company helped found OpenNI, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting "the compatibility and interoperability of Natural Interaction (NI) devices, applications and middleware." So far, the organization has released the OpenNI Framework, including open source drivers and skeleton tracking middleware for NI devices. Although the software was created to support PrimeSense's own 3D sensor development kit, the community quickly (and unsurprisingly) adapted it to work with Kinect as well.

We recently spoke with PrimeSense's Tamir Berliner about the creation of OpenNI. As might be expected, he foresees a bright future for natural interaction.

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JoystiqPrimeSense's Tamir Berliner on the future of natural interaction originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>macmicrosoftnatural-interactionniopennipcprimesensexboxFri, 17 Dec 2010 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[PrimeSense releases open source drivers, middleware that work with Kinect]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/primesense-releases-open-source-drivers-middleware-for-kinect/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/primesense-releases-open-source-drivers-middleware-for-kinect/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/primesense-releases-open-source-drivers-middleware-for-kinect/#comments The global hacking community has already done an admirable job of exploiting the technology inside Kinect, but now would-be motion control designers can get the tech straight from the source. PrimeSense, the company that created the motion-sensing tech inside each Kinect, has released open source drivers that will work either with Kinect or its own dev kit, which Develop notes is "smaller and lighter" than a Kinect unit.

PrimeSense has partnered with two other companies to create OpenNI, a not-for-profit organization set up to "promote the compatibility and interoperability of Natural Interaction (NI) devices, applications and middleware." The drivers are available on the OpenNI website, as is the NITE motion tracking middleware. OpenNI binaries are available for both Windows and Ubuntu.

With some pretty amazing Kinect projects already out there, we can't wait to see what comes of this officially backed software release. Check out a quick demonstration of the software's skeleton tracking capabilities after the break.

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JoystiqPrimeSense releases open source drivers, middleware that work with Kinect originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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