totovr / KinectV2

KinectV2 in Ubuntu 16.04 with skeleton tracking

Kinect V2

This repository contains a NiTE folder with the libfreenect drivers to setup Kinect V2 in Ubuntu 16.04

Installation process

• Follow the installation steps of libfreenect2

• You can download directly NiTE2 with the updated drivers from here

• To use NiTE2, you have to update the drivers, the procedure follow this instructions:

  • Access to the folder called freenect2, follow the next path considering that you install in home libfreenect2:

    ~/freenect2/lib/OpenNI2/Drivers/
    

  • Inside of this folder will be the next two files:

    libfreenect2-openni2.so

    libfreenect2-openni2.so.0

  • Copy this files inside of the NiTE2 folder, in my case is the next route:

    ~/UserName/NiTE-Linux-x64-2.2/Samples/Bin/OpenNI2/Drivers
    

  • To prove if is working go to:

    ~/UserName/NiTE-Linux-x64-2.2/Samples/Bin/
    

  • And run:

    ./UserViewer
    

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