Xbox Kinect hack creates cool shadow puppet
By Ben on Fri Nov 19 2010
Gear  |  Projects
This animated bird is the project of Emily Gobeille and Theo Watson, using an Xbox Kinect connceted to a laptop using the libfreenect Kinect drivers and ofxKinect. The system is doing skeleton tracking on the arm and determining where the shoulder, elbow, and wrist is, using it to control the movement and posture of the giant funky bird!
"Speed project - made in a day using openFrameworks and libFreenect.
Concept and Production by Design I/O
Emily Gobeille - Theo Watson
design-io.com
3D depth camera for arm tracking, courtesy of Microsoft and the open source / diy community :) "
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#1 Post by Michelle, on Sat Nov 20 2010 2:31 AM
Funny guy, standing there with a beer, so camera-awkward. But cool idea..
#2 Post by Brett, on Sat Nov 20 2010 3:59 AM
so they hacked it to do what it already was made to do?????
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