JBKinectHacks

http://github.com/johnboiles/JBKinectHacks

A collection of sample projects and code snippets using OpenNI and the Kinect. Only tested on OSX.

To build using the included makefiles, libOpenNI.dylib must be installed in /usr/lib and the OpenNI includes must be in /usr/include/ni.

To build using the xcode project, you must symlink /usr/include/ni and /usr/lib/libOpenNI.dylib to the appropriate places in your developer install. AFAIK there's not an elegant way to get xcode to use the standard /usr/include and /usr/lib paths. For my installation I ran the following commands:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libOpenNI.dylib /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/lib/libOpenNI.dylib

sudo ln -s /usr/include/ni /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk/usr/include/ni

Note that the binaries expect a file named SamplesConfig.xml to be in the present working directory when they are run.

To Install OpenNI for Mac

1. Get OpenNI

   git clone git://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI.git

2. Switch to unstable branch (only unstable supports osx atm)

   git checkout unstable

3. Follow the installation instructions in the Readme (they're pretty good)

4. Get the unstable forked version of the PrimeSense/Sensor module working

   git clone git://github.com/ros-pkg-git/Sensor.git

5. Follow the installation instructions in the Readme (they're also pretty good)

6. Get the PrimeSense NITE binaries here: http://www.openni.org/component/search/?searchword=nite&ordering=&searchphrase=all

7. Run the install script included with the NITE binaries

   sudo ./install.sh

8. Use License code

   0KOIk2JeIBYClPWVnMoRKn5cdY4=

To Run the Garry's Mod Example

1. Download Garry's Mod (Duh) from Steam

2. Change directories to the GMod directory

   cd GMod

3. Run make install to copy scripts/entities/binary modules to the right places

   make install STEAM_USERNAME=yourusername

4. Build and run the UDPBackend example (sends skeletal data over UDP)

   cd ../UDPBackend
   

make cd .. ./Bin/Release/UDPBackend Note that you must execute UDPBackend with SamplesConfig.xml in the present working directory. So from the base directory of this project, use ./Bin/Release/UDPBackend

5. Open Garry's Mod and start a new game (multiplayer or singleplayer)

6. Enable console access from Options->Keyboard->Advanced->Enable Developer Console

7. Press ~ to open the developer's console

8. Execute trashmonster script to connect to UDPBackend

   lua_openscript trashmonster.lua

9. Do the calibration pose in front of the Kinect

10. Modified hoverballs will be placed in positions corresponding to your joints.