louiselessel / Kinect-skeleton_via_OSC-for-Mac

Kinect skeleton via NI_Mate or Kinectron in p5.js, using OSC

Kinect skeleton via NI_Mate or Kinectron in p5.js, using OSC

Mimi Yin NYU-ITP Drawing skeleton joints and bones from Kinect v2 (Kinect for Xbox One). Made for the class Choreographic Interventions, ITP, NYU, Spring 2019

Modified by Louise Lessél, NYU-ITP You can use either NI Mate (Kinect for Mac) or Kinectron (Kinect for Windows).

There is also a Processing version of this code using just NI Mate.

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OSC implementation based on OSC for p5.js by Gene Kogan https://github.com/genekogan/p5js-osc. Read more about it in Applications.md file.

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Dependencies:

Kinect for Mac

To plug the Kinect2 (Kinect for Xbox One) directly into your mac, and get skeleton data via OSC, download the free NI Mate here: https://www.ni-mate.com/download/

Then set up OSC using Node.js in p5.

setup OSC

1. install node

2. In terminal:

• cd to path of folder you downloaded from github
• npm install

Kinect for Windows

To use a windows computer as a server for Kinect have a look at how to set up Kinectron: https://kinectron.github.io. Kinectron allows you to see the output from the Kinect on any computer using the code in my repo.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN Using NI Mate

Open NI Mate on your Mac. Plug in Kinect. Make sure NI Mate is sending skeleton OSC data as "Basic", for just a single user, and turn off "Hand". Make sure it sends on 127.0.0.1 and port 7000.

In terminal:

• cd to path of folder you downloaded from github
• node bridge.js

Drag the index.html file into a browser window (e.g Google Chrome)

Remember to close connection again when you are done: CTRL + C

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INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN Using Kinectron

Make sure a Windows computer on the same local network is running Kinectron.

Open the file sketch.js on a windows or Mac computer. Change the current IP address in sketch.js on this line: kinectron = new Kinectron("xx.xx.xx.xx") to the IP of the computer running Kinectron.

In Terminal:

• cd to path of folder you downloaded from github
• python -m http.server 8000

Open browser window (e.g Google Chrome)

• Go to Localhost:8000

Remember to close connection again when you are done: CTRL + C

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To switch between NI Mate (mac) or Kinectron (windows) skeleton:

Change the variable "ni_mate" which you find in the file sketch.js

• change to false if using Kinectron
• change to true if using NI Mate

All code will work for both frameworks (but one at a time). Enjoy making more visuals!

Try modifying the function distanceCoolness(_start, _end) {}

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