Kinect + Processing 2

Basic Setup

• Install Processing 2 (v2.0.3 as of Oct. 26, 2013)
• Start Processing.app, it requires Java
  • If you don't have Java yet, follow the instructions to install it.

Kinect Driver Setup

We'll use the Simple-OpenNI wrapper for the OpenNI Kinect drivers. These are required to allow Processing to send commands to and receive data from the Kinect controller.

On OS X, there are two methods for installing the Simple-OpenNI library for Processing.

(RECOMMENDED) Install method 1: Let Processing (v >= 2.0) do it for you

• With a sketch open go to Sketch > Import Library... > Add Library... in the top menu bar
• Search for SimpleOpenNI in the Library Manager window
• Install SimpleOpenNI by Max Rheiner
• Find the SimpleOpenNI example sketches, by going to the File > Examples... menu item
• Open one of the SimpleOpenNI examples, listed under Contributed Libraries > SimpleOpenNI > OpenNI. I recommend the AlternativeViewpoint3d sketch for starters.

Install method 2: Download and do it yourself

• Download the Simple-OpenNI library.
• Install the Simple-OpenNI library (for OS X, you don't do anything for this step)
• Open the zip file, and move the SimpleOpenNI folder to your Processing installation's libraries folder. This is usually located here: ~/Documents/Processing/libraries
• Look in the SimpleOpenNI/examples/OpenNI folder and run some of the example sketches