Of course our first Kinect for Windows SDK Project has to involve a Light Saber!
- Posted: Jun 16, 2011 at 10:30 AM
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Kinect Sabre
Augmented reality WPF C# application (with XNA) that adds a Sith Light Saber to your left hand.
Project Information URL: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2011/06/13/unleash-the-power-of-kinect-for-windows-sdk.aspx
Update for the Kinect for Windows SDK v1: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2012/02/09/kinect-keyboard-simulator-amp-kinect-sabre-for-kinect-for-windows-sdk-1-0.aspx
Project Download URL: http://www.catuhe.com/msdn/Kinect Sabre.zip (v1 Compatible version: http://www.catuhe.com/msdn/kinecttools.zip)
Code Snip:
void kinectRuntime_SkeletonFrameReady(object sender, SkeletonFrameReadyEventArgs e)
{
SkeletonFrame skeletonFrame = e.SkeletonFrame;
bool player1 = true;
foreach (SkeletonData data in skeletonFrame.Skeletons)
{
if (data.TrackingState == SkeletonTrackingState.Tracked)
{
foreach (Joint joint in data.Joints)
{
if (joint.Position.W < 0.8f)
continue;
switch (joint.ID)
{
case JointID.HandLeft:
if (player1)
game.P1LeftHandPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
else
game.P2LeftHandPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
break;
case JointID.HandRight:
if (player1)
game.P1RightHandPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
else
game.P2RightHandPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
break;
case JointID.WristLeft:
if (player1)
game.P1LeftWristPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
else
game.P2LeftWristPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
break;
case JointID.ElbowLeft:
if (player1)
game.P1LeftElbowPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
else
game.P2LeftElbowPosition = joint.Position.ToVector3();
break;
}
}
if (player1)
{
player1 = false;
game.P1IsActive = true;
}
else
{
game.P2IsActive = true;
return;
}
}
}
if (player1)
game.P1IsActive = false;
game.P2IsActive = false;
}
Contact Information:
- Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/eternalcoding
- Twitter: @deltakosh
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Geek heaven ...
hell yeah
Cool, a Syntax highlighter will be very cool thanks
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Sorry for my English...
I'll have to download this and try it out just to determine if the text reference to "left hand" or the picture shown using "right hand" is the actual output.
In fact it is effectively the left hand but the picture was inverted
hotness
i cant get this to run
oops. it keeps saying can not open (.csproj) is not supported by this version of the application. i have Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express and whatever they told u to get on the sdk site. any ideas?
@casey: That error usually means that C# (since you're trying to open a CSProj) is not installed, or installed fully.
There's a couple different versions of Visual Studio 2010 Express. There's VB, C#, C++, Web and Phone versions (and one does not include the other). Can you confirm that you have the C# version installed (http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express)?
I have VS2010 (Full Version) and I'm getting the same errors. See below. Your thoughts?
C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render.csproj : error : The project file 'C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render.csproj' cannot be opened.
The project type is not supported by this installation.
C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.RenderContent\KinectSabre.RenderContent.contentproj : error : The project file 'C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.RenderContent\KinectSabre.RenderContent.contentproj' cannot be opened.
The project type is not supported by this installation.
@Andy Goodfellow: Ah... In looking at the solution, those are XNA based project types. Do you have the XNA Game Studio v4 installed? http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=23714 (I didn't think of that in my first response... sorry about that...)
Stuck on RenderGames.cs UpdateColorTexture where it can't evaluate colorTexture.Width and colorTexture.Height for the for loop because it is null. Any hints as initiating colorTexture before that for loop so that it is not null?
Can someone please upload a pre-compiled folder with the file(s)?
Hello, Greg Duncan Have you recorded any videos ?
@uforualways: No, I can't say that I have...
i have a little problem it do not recognize "using KinectSabre.Render"
have you a solution
sorry for the english ^^
the error i have is
The type or namespace name 'Render' does not exist in the namespace 'KinectSabre' (are you missing an assembly reference ?)
@nicosama:I just opened up the project compiled and runs fine. Do you have XNA installed?
still having the :\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render.csproj : error : The project file 'C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.Render.csproj' cannot be opened.
The project type is not supported by this installation.
C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.RenderContent\KinectSabre.RenderContent.contentproj : error : The project file 'C:\Users\andyg\Repositories\KinectSabre\KinectSabre.Render\KinectSabre.RenderContent\KinectSabre.RenderContent.contentproj' cannot be opened.
The project type is not supported by this installation.
i have xna installed and sq server 2008 and kinect skd.
this is driving me nuts!
@casey: As I understand it what happens is that Visual Studio will use ProjectTypeGuids value in the csproj to compare what the project needs against what's on the given machine.
For KinectSabre.Render.csproj there's two;
<ProjectTypeGuids>{6D335F3A-9D43-41b4-9D22-F6F17C4BE596};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>Here's a good list for the ProjectTypeGuids
http://www.mztools.com/Articles/2008/MZ2008017.aspx
Type ProjectTypeGuids for this project are;
Windows (C#) {FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}
XNA (Windows) {6D335F3A-9D43-41b4-9D22-F6F17C4BE596}
You've already said you have all these installed, so I'm not sure why you can't get this project to load...
I've seen where someone with a like problem in another solution removed that line from the csprog file to get a project to load. I can't recommend this as it bypasses important system checks, but...
Yes, the XNA Game Studio 4 is required to run this sample.
Another post on gestures:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2011/07/04/gestures-and-tools-for-kinect.aspx
I am trying to run this on a laptop that does not support hidef. I have changed it to reach instead but still getting an error.
XNA Framework Reach profile requires TextureAddressMode to be Clamp when using texture sizes that are not powers of two.
Hi, I have the same situation as you. Did you get any solution?
Please, Help me!!!
Same problem here...
OWESOME!! Works great!
Please does anyone know how I can create and navigate an avatar using the Kinect SDK if it has the capability of doing so? Thank you very much in anticipation.
I to had the same thing. I kept going through the messages and it would say download this and I would then I would have the failure records of the same contentproj type codes show and I would read on and it would tell you, oh yea, you have to download this and I would download it and again, the same problem. Now I have a hard drive full of crap that doesn't work. Not worth it. Glad I was just trying to play around with it and wasn't nothing serious. It's a beta version I guess. Depends on what connection you have whether you write all the lines in the program as it down loads. Give up myself. Don't need a saber light sword anyway.
Won't compile for me :(
The type or namespace name 'Research' does not exist...
Sounds like it's to do with the sdk version but I have downloaded and installed the 01 Feb release. I had a beta sdk prior to this.
@nigelgos:Yep, this was written in the Beta 1 time frame. I know he's got an updated version that should be available online soon, but in the mean time check out, http://robrelyea.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/k4w-code-migration-from-beta2-to-v1-0-managed/, which will help in the migration of code from the Beta to the RTM of the SDK
@gduncan411 - Thanks for that. I had a quick play and got rid of alot of the issues but some required a bit more understanding of the code in order to re-jig things. I've given up now. Does anyone have a compiled binary file? I really want to swing a light saber :)
@nigelgos:Keep an eye on David's blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/. I know he has an updated version and I'm sure they will appear there soon...
He posted it up yesterday [8th feb](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2012/02/09/kinect-keyboard-simulator-amp-kinect-sabre-for-kinect-for-windows-sdk-1-0.aspx)
Thanks the pointer.
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