Comment Feed for Channel 9 - HandsTrackball - Kinect 3D object manipulation http://files.channel9.msdn.com/thumbnail/9e2dd4dc-f01b-410f-9278-cddc1b8da2ad.png Channel 9 - HandsTrackball - Kinect 3D object manipulation We've seen XBox's flat 2D based Kinect NUI, but that's like wasting a whole "D"! We don't live in a flat world, so neither should our NUI's. Today's project responds to that and shows off controlling and manipulating 3D objects in a Kinect world. WPF 3D Manipulation with KinectI've created an implementation of a Kinect NUI Trackball which can be used for manipulating a camera around WPF 3D scenes. This "HandsTrackball" is adapted from the Trackball class included in the source code for WPF 3DTools. The original Trackball class allows you to use the mouse to rotate around a WPF 3D scene. My HandsTrackball basically maps hand movements to what the original Trackball uses as mouse points. Some new ground rules as well as as some Kinect depth-to-screen point calculations are applied in order to make this all work. The user's left or right hand can be used to rotate around the model. When the user moves their hand, a transform is applied to the camera viewing the 3D scene (the camera moves and the objects in the scene do not move). The camera only moves if the user's hands are at least a minimum distance away from the user's torso. The user can only move the camera when their hand is deliberately extended out from their body. This is a key constraint in order to make the HandsTrackball usable. It allows the user to put their hand(s) down to stop changing the camera angle and prevents accidental movement. Project Information URL: http://kindohm.com/2011/07/05/WPF3DManipulationWithKinect.html Project Download URL: http://kindohm.com/files/Kinect3dManipulation.zip Project Source URL: http://kindohm.com/files/Kinect3dManipulation.zip Contact Information: Blog: http://kindohm.com/posts.html   Twitter: @kindohm en Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:14 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:14 GMT Rev9 Re: HandsTrackball - Kinect 3D object manipulation Wow this is probably one of the finest applications that uses the Kinect and actually is easy to use and understand.  Great job!

posted by Algorithum

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634475664550000000 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:00:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634475664550000000 Algorithum Re: HandsTrackball - Kinect 3D object manipulation posted by dhkim

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634479563710000000 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:19:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634479563710000000 dhkim Re: HandsTrackball - Kinect 3D object manipulation
So I move "this.imageWorker = new BackgroundWorker();"

line 45 in MainWindow.xaml.cs.

to public MainWindow() {}, then everything work.

posted by dhkim

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634481320220000000 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:07:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634481320220000000 dhkim Re: HandsTrackball - Kinect 3D object manipulation if (!this.imageWorker.IsBusy), the value of "imageWorker" is null, why? and how to solve the problem? Thank you !

posted by Roc

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634547609601762825 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:29:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/HandsTrackball-Kinect-3D-object-manipulation#c634547609601762825 Roc