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You're reading from OpenNI Cookbook Learn how to write NIUI-based applications and motion-controlled games

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849518468

Length 324 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

OpenNI

Concepts

UI Development

Author (1):

Soroush Falahati

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

OpenNI Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER

Introduction
Downloading and installing OpenNI
Downloading and installing NiTE
Downloading and installing the Microsoft Kinect SDK
Connecting Asus Xtion and PrimeSense sensors
Connecting Microsoft Kinect

2. OpenNI and C++

Introduction
Creating a project in Visual Studio 2010
OpenNI class and error handling
Enumerating a list of connected devices
Accessing video streams (depth/IR/RGB) and configuring them
Retrieving a list of supported video modes for depth stream
Selecting a specific device for accessing depth stream
Listening to the device connect and disconnect events
Opening an already recorded file (ONI file) instead of a device

3. Using Low-level Data

Introduction
Configuring Visual Studio 2010 to use OpenGL
Initializing and preparing OpenGL
Reading and showing a frame from the image sensor (color/IR)
Reading and showing a frame from the depth sensor
Controlling the player when opening a device from file
Recording streams to file (ONI file)
Event-based reading of data

4. More about Low-level Outputs

Introduction
Cropping and mirroring frames right from the buffer
Syncing image and depth sensors to read new frames from both streams at the same time
Overlaying the depth frame over the image frame
Converting the depth unit to millimetre
Retrieving the color of the nearest point without depth over color registration
Enabling/disabling auto exposure and auto white balance

5. NiTE and User Tracking

Introduction
Getting a list of all the active users
Identifying and coloring users' pixels in depth map
Reading users' bounding boxes and center of mass
Event-based reading of users' data

6. NiTE and Hand Tracking

Introduction
Recognizing predefined hand gestures
Tracking hands
Finding the related user ID for each hand ID
Event-based reading of hands' data
Working sample for controlling the mouse by hand

7. NiTE and Skeleton Tracking

Introduction
Detecting a user's pose
Getting a user's skeleton joints and displaying their position in the depth map
Designing a simple pong game using skeleton tracking

Index

Chapter 5. NiTE and User Tracking

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Getting a list of all the active users
Identifying and coloring users' pixels in depth map
Reading users' bounding boxes and center of mass
Event-based reading of users' data

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