TangoChen

Kinecursor = Kinect + Cursor..

I’ve seen several Kinect projects about controlling the cursor.(I’ve found 4 posts[3 projects] of this on Channel9 Codin4Fun..)
And the same part of them is: using one hand to control the cursor and the other hand to perform mouse clicks.
I decided to make a better one. So I created Kinecursor, stands for Kinect + Cursor, which allows you to perform mouse left down/up(down+up=a click) by simply making a fist(It’s not exactly called a fist.. It’s like… a thumbs up..)

Source Code: https://github.com/TangoChen/Kinecursor

The hand gestures you should make:

Stand in front of Kinect sensor.
It’s working if your body turns red.
If half of your hand turns yellow. The Fist: False. Mouse Up.

If you extend your thumb leftward or rightward.. The Fist: True. Mouse Down.

Updates:
v1.1.1 Demo: [download id=”18″]
Track only one person.

v1.1 Demo: [download id=”16″]
Add Kinect for Windows support.

v1.0 Demo:[download id=”14″]
Only work with Kinect for Windows 360.

Kineed For Speed = Kinect + Need For Speed
It can be used to play PC version of Need For Speed (or other racing games) with Kinect..Just like playing Kinect Joy Ride on Xbox..

ScreenShot

Video

How to use
Simply Run the KineedForSpeed.exe and a racing game at the same time.. You can play the game with Kinect..

How to gain control:
1. hold hands in gesture like holding a virtual wheel to gain the control.
2. lower hands to release the control.

How to drive:
1. Turn left/right by turning the virtual wheel left/right.
2. Speed up by putting the virtual wheel forward.
3. Slow down by retrieving back the virtual wheel.

Configurable key mappings:
1. Left hand up to trigger Esc key event, which will pause the game.
2. Right hand up to trigger Enter key event, which will reset the car.

You can also set other keys to make it work with other racing games..

Download
[download id=”15″]

Thanks to @lhongzhong for the English translation of How-to-use…

It will be released no later than January 1st, 2013…

Great thanks to Greg Duncan for posting the the “Help me test Kinecursor, Please…” on Coding4Fun…
And thanks to all of you that helped me test it..
The result is: It didn’t work with Kinect for Windows device.. Only worked with Kinect for Xbox 360 device..

I’m now able to make it work with Kinect for Windows device.. And I’m ready to share the source code of it!!

I just found the problem..
Damn..I enabled the Near Mode on Kinect for Windows devices, which are able to use near mode.. And under the near mode, the program doesn’t support for most body tracking joints!!…

Another problem is that it was jitter and not smooth..
I think I know what the problem is.. I was using some code to make it look smoother.. Unfortunately, they are the very code that make it jitter and not smooth..
So I’ll simply remove these helpless code..

For More Details(on how to use it) of Kinecursor please click Here to see the original post.

This decides whether I will share the source code of Kinecurosr with you.. 🙂

I have sent Kinecursor to two guys and it’s weird that both of them said it didn’t work..
But it works perfectly on my PC(Maybe not that perfect.. Still need to be improved)..
Maybe just because they’re using Kinect for Windows and I’m using Kinect for Xbox 360..

So.. I do want to know more details..
You now can download the Demo of Kinect v1.0 (of course, for free..)
Please help me test it..

And simply leave a comment below to tell me:
1.Does it work on your PC?
2.Which Kinect sensor are you using, Kinect for Windows or Kinect for Xbox 360?
3.Which version of Kinect SDK are you using? 1.0, 1.5, 1.6 or what?

Download:
[download id=”14″]

Kinecursor = Kinect + Cursor..

I’ve seen several Kinect projects about controlling the cursor.(I’ve found 4 posts[3 projects] of this on Channel9 Codin4Fun..)
And the same part of them is: using one hand to control the cursor and the other hand to perform mouse clicks.
I decided to make a better one. So I created Kinecursor, stands for Kinect + Cursor, which allows you to perform mouse left down/up(down+up=a click) by simply making a fist(It’s not exactly called a fist.. It’s like… a thumbs up..)

Some parts of this video looks like an old video I posted, Kinect Angry Birds Space..
But it’s totally different..
In the “Kinect Angry Birds Space” project, which is not open source, I can only put my hand in a particular area.. But with this one, I can move my hands free(anywhere the Kinect sensor can detect)..

Download the Demo:
[download id=”14″]
How to use it:
Download -> Unzip it -> Run Kinecursor.exe

The hand gestures you should make:

Stand in front of Kinect sensor.
It’s working if your body turns red.
If half of your hand turns yellow.. The Fist: False.

If you extend your thumb leftward or rightward.. The Fist: True.

For now it doesn’t move smoothly.. But I’ll improve it later… 🙂

One year ago(in April,2011).. I did this project..
It was featured on KinectHacks.com..
Here’s the link:
www.kinecthacks.com/kinect-games-plants-vs-zombies/

But later I deleted the video on Youtube..
Now I re-upload it..
Here’s the viedeo:

You can download the demo to try it. (The download is on the bottom..)
The demo simply shows where your tongue moves to.

Requirements:
1.a Kinect sensor.
2.Kinect for Windows SDK v1.5 on your PC.
3.Sufficient lights (for face tracking).

How it works:
1.Track the face(It’s based on Kinect Face Tracking SDK).
2.Get the area of your mouth.
3.Get the closest point to the Kinect sensor of the area.

The red point on the (top-right) depth image is the closest point. It’s where your tip of tongue at.

How to use the Demo:
1.Connect the Kinect sensor to your PC.
2.Unzip the files in a particular directory or folder.
3.Simply double click the “TongueDetector.exe” to run it.
4.Stand in front of the Kinect sensor.
5.If you see two yellow point between your lips, it’s working. Move your tongue and look at the red triangle.

Download:
[download id=”13″]

I’ll send you the source code if you do this:
Go to the Youtube video page(Click Here), give it a thumbs up, leave a comment below(on the video page, not this blog post), subscribe to my Youtube channel and PM me this project name and your e-mail via Youtube..

You can do in the same way to get source code of some of my other projects.

(I’m just a high school drop out and I don’t update my Youtube channel for commercial use.. This channel is mainly about Programming, especially about Kinect Programming.. I hope you can subscribe to me if you are insterested in it..)

They’re all done by using Kinect for Windows SDK…