Chapter 11. Sensing and Tracking Input from the Camera

In this chapter, we will learn how to receive and process data from input devices such as a camera or a Microsoft Kinect sensor.

The following recipes will be covered:

• Capturing from the camera

• Tracking an object based on color

• Tracking motion using optical flow

• Object tracking

• Reading QR code

• Building UI navigation and gesture recognition with Kinect

• Building an augmented reality with Kinect