ofxRemoteKinect

Description

ofxRemoteKinect is an openFrameworks addon for using Xbox Kinect via network.

Usually, Kinect is connected to the PC via USB. As a result, it's too difficult to extend cable length in a reliable way with reasonable cost. But this addon make it possible to use Kinect remotely. Kinect is connected to a server PC via USB. The server runs a service program to pass the Kinect data to a client PC via TCP/IP. LAN is easy to use in the distance. Of couse, you can use it via Wifi network. Also you can use it via the internet with acceptable latency.

Dependency

ofxRemoteKinect depends on some other addons.

ofxZmq commit affab2a0ff02f660042e08b75e318fa4cdb4bb4d
ofxKinect commit eb06686cbc5d38a07fcf24817ad9e73031f6a4b7
ofxControlPanel commit 98697f40b0dfa423689d9360d04cfb026de5d7c8
ofxXmlSettings openFrameworks 0073 includes

Installation

To use ofxRemoteKinect, checkout this repositry in addition to openFrameworks and dependent addons.

git clone https://github.com/toyoshim/ofxRemoteKinect.git

The addon should sit in openFrameworks/addons/ofxRemoteKinect/.

Example Projects

Two example projects exists in the example folder.

remoteKinectServer

This is a reference server implementation. You may want to use it as is. If you want to listen at different ports, you can change it by editing port numbers in main.cpp.

remoteKinectClient

This is an example client. Also you can change the server address by editing server and port description written in main.cpp.

This example use ofxRemoteKinectClient class to control kinect configurations and get the latest screen information. This class provide functions to control near and far clipping parameters for depth information, tilt angle, and JPEG compression quality which is used to transfer screen information. Also it provide remote kinect screen information as ofTexture, ofPixels, and direct pointers to buffer memories as ofxKinect does.