- Kinect For Windows & Maceffective Curriculum Ideas For Beginners
- Kinect For Windows & Maceffective Curriculum Ideas On A Budget
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Kinect is Microsoft's motion sensor that works as an add-on for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One gaming consoles. The accessory works by providing a Natural User Interface (NUI) that allows users to interact directly without the need for a secondary device, like a controller.
The first generation of Kinect hardware was announced on June 1, 2009 at E3, and released on November 2010 as an attempt to broaden the Xbox 360's audience, and in early 2012 Microsoft released a version for Windows. Some of the competition the Kinect sensor faces is the Wii Remote Plus for Wii and Wii U, PlayStation Move / PlayStation Eye for PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Camera for PlayStation 4.
Microsoft released the first Kinect SDK mid-June 2011, allowing for developers to fully integrate the functionality into their games. The technology behind the Kinect sensor was developed by a subsidiary of Microsoft, Rare, combined with on range camera technology from the Israeli based PrimeSense.
The first three game demo's shown using the Kinect capabilities were Ricochet, Paint Party and Milo & Kate, and since then there have been tons more released.
How to calibrate:
Automatic Calibration:
Kinect For Windows & Maceffective Curriculum Ideas For Beginners
- Spawn trackers by clicking on Spawn Trackers
- Click Show/Hide Skeleton Tracking and ensure the Kinect can track you.
- Turn off the tracking preview once you've ensure it's working.
- Click the checkbox labelled Enable Automatic Calibration
- Click on Begin Calibration then stand still while looking in the direction of the Kinect.
- 4 countdowns of 3 seconds each will appear on the calibration button. after each countdown move to a slightly different spot in your room.
- On the last countdown, just make sure to look straight forward in the direction of the Kinect.
- You're done!
You must stand around 3 meters (9 feet) away from the sensor for tracking to work properly!
Manual Calibration:
- Spawn trackers by clicking on Spawn Trackers
- Click Show/Hide Skeleton Tracking and ensure the Kinect can track you.
- Turn off the tracking preview once you've ensure it's working.
- Click on Begin Calibration
- Close out of the SteamVR dashboard by clicking outside of it.
- Use the trackpads/thumbsticks on your VR controllers to move the trackers around. Align only the hip tracker to your waist.
- Press the grip on your right controller to switch between position and rotation calibration. Do this as many times as you need until you've gotten calibration to a good point.
- Use the right controller's trackpad/thumbstick to rotate the trackers until they are parallel to your body.
- If trackers aren't following you; E.g. walking forward makes the trackers walk to the left. Use the left controller's touchpad/joystick to rotate the trackers until they line up to your movements. Try taking a few steps to make sure.
- Press triggers on both of VR controllers to confirm and save calibration.
- You're done!
You must stand around 3 meters (9 feet) away from the sensor for tracking to work properly!
Try not to move around too much while calibrating.
You can hold the left controller's grip to make more fine-tuned adjustments.
FAQ
How do I track my head and hands?
You can't. This program was made for leg and hip tracking only. if you want to cook up a DIY VR setup, you're gonna need to buy Driver4VR.
What makes KinectToVR so much better than Driver4VR?
It's free and it takes less CPU to run. it has '60FPS' tracking, can despawn trackers in the middle of a game to get out of fullbody tracking, and most of all you can turn around without your body becoming mashed potatoes.
Can I use multiple Kinect sensors at once?
No, never. for many technical reasons, this isn't achievable while retaining our sanity. And anyway, you can achieve spinning around with a single Kinect.
Where is Sharky?
Hooray Sharky has in fact, not succumbed to COVID-19. Refer to the announcements channel on Discord. We don’t know where she is. I’d assume we would know if she died. But in her last update video and on Discord she mentioned going to university. I’ve personally seen people go off the grid for multiple YEARS when going to uni or college in the past. So, uhh, probably having a splitting headache in a dorm doing assignments and getting drunk with mates.
About system requirements
KinectToVR itself can be launched on Windows 8.1/7 if you try hard enough. But the installer is built for Windows 10 only. Considering Windows 7 is unsupported and 8.1 is nearing EOL, we are not going to be developing for these versions. As for Linux support, K2EX depends on the Microsoft Kinect SDK and it's native Windows drivers, unless some insane soul were to rewrite KinectToVR to use opensource alternatives including the skeleton tracking, it's most likely never going to run on Linux, not even emulated.
Just about every headset has been tested with K2EX, Vive, Vive Cosmos, Quest, Quest 2, ALVR, Oculus Link, Virtual Desktop. They all work, as well as Valve Index and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. The K2EX driver doesn't care what your actual headset is, it just makes trackers.
Nearly everyone will be using Kinect for Xbox. But that doesn't stop Kinect for Windows V1 and V2 from working. You'll just need to tell the installer to install for the corresponding model of Kinect for Xbox. Kinect Azure DK is based on a very different system and SDK and as such is incompatible with K2EX. You can use Aria's k4a_openvr to use it for FBT. It does use quite a bit of your GPU though!
Kinect for Xbox doesn't actually end in a normal USB connector despite actually being based on USB. The connector provides 12 volts of power and USB. The adapter turns this into a wall wart and a USB connector. You can find them realtively cheaply on eBay or Amazon by searching for 'kinect 360 adapter' or 'kinect one adapter'. Kinect for Windows doesn’t need an adapter as it ends in USB already.
Xbox One Kinect is very demanding when it comes to USB bandwidth, and it's also very picky about controllers. You can use USBTreeView to see what USB controllers you have on your PC and what's connected to them. If you seem to be having connectivity issues or are unsure, feel free to ask us on Discord.
This is important, if you have a Vive, Vive Pro or Valve Index, you should stay away from the Xbox One Kinect because it interferes with lighthouses, making your headset and controllers stop tracking. Xbox 360 Kinect has nearly the same tracking quality and won't cause these issues.
other bits
What people call “Playspace Mover” is actually Space Drag from OpenVR Advanced Settings.
An addon for SteamVR that contains incredibly useful stuff.
Kinect For Windows & Maceffective Curriculum Ideas On A Budget
If you're playing VRChat, and you want to launch into fullbody while in-game but are in an invite-only instance. You can use VRChat Rejoin Tool to launch the game back into the last world you were in as if you launched it from the VRChat Web UI.