ravijo / rviz_skeleton_visualization

Demonstration of Skeleton visualization in RViz

rviz_skeleton_visualization

Demonstration of Skeleton visualization in RVIZ

Package Dependencies

1. rviz: It is used for visualization
2. kinect_anywhere: It is used to obtain Kinect data for real time visualization. No need to install if you don't want to run realtime_visualization.launch

Steps to compile

1. Make sure to download complete repository. Use git clone or download directory as per convenience
2. Invoke catkin tool while inside ros workspace i.e., catkin_make
3. Make the scripts executable by running following commands-
   1. visualization.py: chmod +x ~/ros_ws/src/rviz_skeleton_visualization/scripts/visualization.py
   2. realtime_visualization.py: chmod +x ~/ros_ws/src/rviz_skeleton_visualization/scripts/realtime_visualization.py

In above commands, please note that ROS workspace is located inside $HOME. You may have to change the above command accordingly.

Steps to run

There are following two examples to run in this package.

1. Recorded Skeletion Visualization: Simply invoke visualization.launch i.e., roslaunch rviz_skeleton_visualization visualization.launch
2. Realtime Skeletion Visualization: Please follow below steps-
   1. Make sure package dependency kinect_anywhere is configured properly and running
   2. Invoke realtime_visualization.launch i.e., roslaunch rviz_skeleton_visualization realtime_visualization.launch

Issues

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