Kinect on Mac

Kinect 360 & Kinect One works on Mac with Isadora
Allow a warmup time of 30-60 minutes for stable results.

Kinect + Processing > Mac (M1 Monterry & Ventura)

Kinect processing MAC M1, works on Monterry & Ventura

First install Rosetta:
https://osxdaily.com/2020/12/04/how-install-rosetta-2-apple-silicon-mac/ 
 
Get the libraries for processing:
https://github.com/shiffman/OpenKinect-for-Processing 
https://shiffman.net/p5/kinect/ (dead link)
https://github.com/shiffman/OpenKinect-for-Processing/releases 

Open standard library to test:
File > examples > contributed libraries. Open kinect for processing > V1 , then Run code

Do you get the error: NoClassDefFoundError: /com/sun/jna/Library ?

Fix: https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-4-openkinect/32781/9 

Example codes

Warning: the code for kinect 1 and 2 is not the same..
check: https://shiffman.net/p5/kinect/  (dead link)
> Examples

Tutorials for using Kinect data in Processing:

Check out the Coding Train videos series: Introduction to Computer vision, chapter 12.1 (What is the Kinect?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVNgdapJJM

Kinect in Isadora (Mac)

To use Kinect in Isadora you need to download a couple of plugins from the Troikatronix page;

https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/openni-tracker/
Read the instruction with attention & follow them.

Kinect 360 works on Mac air & Mac pro (M1 with Rosetta)
Kinect V1 works on Mac pro (M1 with Rosetta)

Connect your Kinect before starting Isadora. 
Add the nodes in the picture below (or open the patch shared in nextcloud

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If your Kinect is not recognised by the software, try resetting or deleting the OpenNItracker or even adding it again.

Detailed explanation of the possibilities with Kinect in Isadora  can be found here:
https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/tutorial-openni-tracker/ 
and here:


 


Setup & Lighting

How yous setup your Kinect  matters a lot for your performance.
Think about placement, light & what you are wearing.

Read up on those specs here:  Setup & lighting tips for kinect