Hack N Mod - Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects. Hack a Day. Engineering Blog: After Hours Project: Kinect Hacking. Here at Yelp, we're passionate about building things; it's at the core of our engineering philosophy. In fact, we enjoy it so much that many of us keep on building after we finish work. I recently found some spare time to work on an interesting project with the Microsoft Kinect. I think it's a cool start and I've open sourced the code so that others can build something even cooler. Easy Skeletal Tracking If you're reading this blog, you're likely familiar with the Microsoft Kinect. Fun and Games I thought it'd be neat to get Kinect data into a game engine that supported physics so I could interact with objects in a virtual world. Theory of Operation My code consists of two major parts: a backend that interprets Kinect data and a Lua script that controls the game.
Interfacing with the Kinect is super easy with OpenNI. Void SendUDPLeftHandData(XnUserID player) { // Make sure the player is being tracked if (! What Now?
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