Installing the ofxOpenNI addon

The ofxOpenNI addon was originally developed by Matthew Gingold. The addon wraps the basic OpenNI capabilities, including the following:

• Getting a depth image

• Getting a color image if the web camera is included in your depth camera model

• Tracking the hands (namely, the wrist position) for use in gesture applications

• Tracking human bodies, getting their silhouettes and skeleton point positions

Also, it supports several depth cameras simultaneously.

Currently, ofxOpenNI is a non-core addon, so you need to download and install it yourself. To do it, perform the following steps:

1. Download the ofxOpenNI addon from the site http://ofxaddons.com.

   Tip

   Currently, the addon's page with the download button Download ZIP is located at https://github.com/gameoverhack/ofxOpenNI.

2. Unzip the file, rename the folder to ofxOpenNI, and move it to the addons folder of your openFrameworks installation.

3. Read the Drivers & getting the examples to work section of the README file included in...