Dec 18, 2010

Updated Kinect Library for Processing

A quick post to announce an updated Kinect library for Processing on github. This new library uses the most recent libfreenect drivers (mac os x only still) and builds off of the existing JNI Java Wrapper. Links:

Download library and example:
openkinect.zip

Source:
https://github.com/shiffman/libfreenect/tree/master/wrappers/java/processing

My tests show 30 FPS no problem for either the depth or RGB image, if you request both images, however, I’m only currently getting about 20 FPS. The update fixes a few bugs, exposes the raw depth data and includes a point cloud demo (see above video).

I have a list of “to-do” items here:

https://github.com/shiffman/libfreenect/issues
(a shortened version of the very long list in my head)