- HTTP Web server to allow using Microsoft Kinect in web pages trough WebSockets.
- Works with Kinect 1.0 only should be easily adaptable to work with Kinect 2.0 but I do not have access to one for testing.
- Allows raw access to the Kinect cameras information (Depth and Color image) and access to the human skeleton generated by the Kinect SDK.
- The server runs by default in the
localhost at port 8181 the browser should be able to communicate with the server without additional configurations even on HTTPS.
- A compiled version of the program is available on the
bin folder in the root of the Git repository.
- There is a usage example available in the example page intended to be used alongside with three.js
- The communication with the server is performed using
JSON encoded messages for the skeleton data and Blob encoded binary data for the images captured from the cameras.
- Here is a basic example of how we can exchange information with the Kinect server.
- The URL of the image could be easily placed inside of an
img element for visualization. Its also possible to copy the blob data to a WebGL texture for processing.
var socket = new WebSocket("ws://127.0.0.1:8181");
var connected = false;
socket.onopen = function() {
connected = true;
};
socket.onclose = function() {
connected = false;
};
socket.onmessage = function(event) {
// Skeleton data
if(typeof event.data === "string") {
var data = JSON.parse(event.data);
// ...
}
// Camera feed
else if(event.data instanceof Blob) {
var camera = event.data;
var url = URL.createObjectURL(event.data);
// ...
}
};
- Project uses a MIT license that allow for commercial usage of the platform without any cost.
- The license is available on the project GitHub page