This is a project we worked on at the Georgia Governor's Honors Program over the summer in our Technology major! We got to pick whatever project we wished so we chose to merge dance and technology using the motion tracking technology of the Kinect and the newly released Microsoft Kinect SDK. The main goal of this project is to alert dancers when they are out of alignment consequently helping them to turn better and faster. We hope you enjoy!
With the exception of the code We instruct you to write, the code is credited to Microsoft and the hacking community!
PROJECT BY: KELAH HENDON AND KELCY NEWTON
With the exception of the code We instruct you to write, the code is credited to Microsoft and the hacking community!
PROJECT BY: KELAH HENDON AND KELCY NEWTON
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Signing UpStep 1: Downloading Required Software
The main software used/Components required
--Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
--Microsoft Kinect SDK
--Microsoft Kinect Developer Toolkit
--XNA Game Studio/XNA Framework
--XNA Basics (the core of the program)
--Microsoft Kinect
These are all available online. Simply follow the link provided below. Once both the SDK and the tool kit have been downloaded and installed select the tool kit and it should take you to a browser with several hack project options. Here you will need to download the XNA Game Studio as well as the XNA Framework (located at very bottom of hack list). The XNA Basics is in the middle of the list and should be downloaded last!
Opening the Sample in Visual Studio:
For some this step might seem unnecessary, but we have decided to include it regardless. Next tot he XNA basics download, click the button that says documentation. This will take you to Microsoft's help website and provides step by step instructions on how to open the XNA Basics file in visual studio,
Link for Downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/develop/developer-downloads.aspx
Note: This project also requires Windows 7 or higher. Microsoft has not released an SDK that works with Vista or XP.
--Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
--Microsoft Kinect SDK
--Microsoft Kinect Developer Toolkit
--XNA Game Studio/XNA Framework
--XNA Basics (the core of the program)
--Microsoft Kinect
These are all available online. Simply follow the link provided below. Once both the SDK and the tool kit have been downloaded and installed select the tool kit and it should take you to a browser with several hack project options. Here you will need to download the XNA Game Studio as well as the XNA Framework (located at very bottom of hack list). The XNA Basics is in the middle of the list and should be downloaded last!
Opening the Sample in Visual Studio:
For some this step might seem unnecessary, but we have decided to include it regardless. Next tot he XNA basics download, click the button that says documentation. This will take you to Microsoft's help website and provides step by step instructions on how to open the XNA Basics file in visual studio,
Link for Downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/develop/developer-downloads.aspx
Note: This project also requires Windows 7 or higher. Microsoft has not released an SDK that works with Vista or XP.
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I have a Kinect and currently I'm at my final year in the university. I feel comfortable using Visual Studio and this is a great idea for further development. Thank you very much for the idea, and I think I'll borrow it for my final project.