Best method to grab a person data only from KinectV1

[fkkcloud]

Hi,

What would be the best attempt to grab the human data only?

I saw there was demo for creating joints out of human body. Would I want to integrate that with ofxCv + ofxKinect? or else?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[lkkd]

Take a look at synapse i haven’t used it in OF but i used in max/jitter it was really easy to grab data https://github.com/pierrep/ofxSynapse.

[fkkcloud]

I was not able to include ofOpenNI properly and ended up using http://www.nickgillian.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/GRT/OpenframeworksKinectExample which worked out for me.

[fresla]

Or check my post in this thread (mac only)

Skeleton tracking without calibration (psi pose)

That can’t be right about the microsoft SDK as it is only available on windows, hence the reason for libfreenect and openNI I’ll assure you using the kinect natively is much much easier but obviously you guys don’t exactly have that option. I feel like thats pretty common that beginners end up here on the forums because they get in over their heads from being a bit overly ambitious. I was the same way when I first started but its a good way to learn too. The problem usually arises from a…