电脑技术:Getting Started with Kinect and Processing[转载]

转载自:Getting Started with Kinect and Processing | Daniel Shiffman


Getting Started with Kinect and Processing

Kinect and Processing

The Microsoft Kinect sensor is a peripheral device (designed for XBox and windows PCs) that functions much like a webcam. However, in addition to providing an RGB image, it also provides a depth map. Meaning for every pixel seen by the sensor, the Kinect measures distance from the sensor. This makes a variety of computer vision problems like background removal, blob detection, and more easy and fun!

The Kinect sensor itself only measures color and depth. However, once that information is on your computer, lots more can be done like “skeleton” tracking (i.e. detecting a model of a person and tracking his/her movements). To do skeleton tracking you’ll need to use Thomas Lengling’s windows-only Kinect v2 processing libray. However, if you’re on a Mac and all you want is raw data from the Kinect, you are in luck! This library uses libfreenect and libfreenect2 open source drivers to access that data for Mac OS X (windows support coming soon).

电脑技术:一款交互式开发软件——TouchDesigner

电脑技术:一款交互式开发软件——TouchDesigner

百度百科的简介

TouchDesigner 是一个可视化编程的开发平台,可以创建实时的视觉及新媒体创作,主要用于实时交互新媒体创作。其应用场景包括:创建可互动的新媒体系统、建筑投影、VJ,还是快速的制作创意原型等等。
因为其提供一种基于节点式的可视化编程环境。不用敲代码,通过创建节点并且连线,就可以创作出视觉出彩的作品。
TouchDesigner 功能元件主要分为6大类:COMP, TOP, CHOP, SOP, DAT, MAT,对于不同方向的运用。比如TOP内的控制器主要用于处理图像及影像,而SOP内的控制器主要用于3D的处理。
TouchDesigner 现支持 Windows、Mac OS 两种系统。


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