Kinect Hacks
Jared St Jean
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Kinect Hacks
Published
2012
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Pages
170
ISBN-13
9781306810357
Description
Create your own innovative applications in computer vision, game design, music, robotics, and other areas by taking full advantage of Kinect’s extensive interactive, multi-media platform. With this book, you get a step-by-step walkthrough of the best techniques and tools to come out of the OpenKinect project, the largest and most active Kinect hacking community. Learn dozens of hacks for building interfaces that respond to body movements, gestures, and voice, using open source toolkits such as openFrameworks, the Processing IDE, and OpenKinect driver library. Whether you’re an artist, designer, researcher, or hobbyist, this book will give you a running start with Kinect. - Set up a development environment in Windows 7, Mac OSX, or Ubuntu - Build special effects apps with tools such as Synapse and Cinder - Create gestural interfaces to integrate and control digital music components - Capture the realistic motions of a 3D model with NI mate, Blender, and Animata - Design gesture-based games with the ZigFu SDK - Recreate the dimensions of any room in realtime, using RGBDemo - Use gestures to navigate robots and control PC interfaces **Revision History** - 2012-11-02 First release
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing
Computer and robot vision
Intelligent Robotics and Applications
Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations
Data mining
Machine vision algorithms and applications
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Kinect Hacks?
This edition of Kinect Hacks has approximately 170 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Kinect Hacks?
For most readers, Kinect Hacks typically takes between 3h 33m and 2h 22m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 42,500 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 2h 50m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 6 days • Estimated word count: 42,500 words
Your individual reading time will vary based on your personal reading pace, the amount of daily reading time, and your familiarity with the subject matter.
What is the word count of Kinect Hacks?
The estimated word count for Kinect Hacks is approximately 42,500 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Kinect Hacks?
Kinect Hacks was written by Jared St Jean.
When was Kinect Hacks published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2012. The original work may have been published on a different date.