Kinect Hacks

Elective - Kinect Hacks

1 quarter / 10 weeks

Teacher

Javier Lloret
email: info@javierlloret.com

Getting Started

• About the Kinect
• Getting started with Processing
• Getting the Kinect to work with Processing

Processing/Kinect Sketches

• Kinect Skeleton New Sketch
• Kinect Point cloud New Sketch

Animata: Animations controlled with Kinect

• http://animata.kibu.hu/tutorials.html
• Animata + Motion Capture:
• http://neurogami.com/presentations/KinectForArtists/

Synapse

• http://synapsekinect.tumblr.com/post/6305020721/download

Brekel

• http://brekel.com/

NI Mate

https://ni-mate.com/download/

Processing + Post-production example

• Catalina Music Video How To

Sound Library for Processing

• Examples:
• IO -> AudioInput
• Soundfile -> Sample

Assignments

• 2 Assignments
• 50% of total score each one of them.
• Working in groups

For each assignment the group delivers:

• Textual description of the the concept
• Visual research, sketches, sound?
• Cast, who is responsible for what?
• Short video registration of the prototype / end result (each group is responsible for the filming and editing of their finished works)

First Assignment

Thinking beyond the traditional interface ( direct action -> reaction ).

The proposed projects have to make use of the Kinect controller and Processing to explore one or several of these concepts: Mismatch / Unsynchronized / Non-reactive

Presentation First assignment: 13th or 20th December (obligatory to present to pass the course)

Groups 17:50

Group 1: Dance point cloud

• Eady van Acker 0911866
• Shoshanna Israeli 0926412
• Babeth Lijzenga 0925586

Group 2 : Image interaction

• Alexandra den Dikken 0926183
• Nigel El Rey Du Sol Miguel 0882260
• Emma van Os 0928891
• Syree Palm 0938528

Group 3: Triple J

• Jorijn de Jonge 0935298
• Joep Hurkmans 0931531
• Jelle van Bouwhorst 0928746

Group 4: Hoofd, schouders, knie en teen

• Marije de Heij 0882958
• Amber Ledegang 0911446
• Vince Talbot 0927166
• Leonie Fernhout 0925005

Group 5: Mirrored

• Andri Bastiaanssen 0907770
• Diederik Mulder 0919800
• Zefnath de Lima 0913434
• Tom Rentmeester 0912919
• Thijs Mosterman 0917912

Group 6: The greatest party ever

• Tom Sibma 0917622
• Sarah Wong 0905338

Groups 19:30

Group 1 : Messed up

• Tom Schouw 0918999
• Rosa Meininger 0891593
• Victor Silvestrov 0937946

Group 2: Shadow dancer

• Yanthe Roumen 0925406
• Carly Muller 0880287
• Kathryn Man 0937377
• Wolter Dreissen 0927691
• Melcher Oosterman 0925206
• Bob Jonkers 0929075

Group 3

• Beau Eckhardt 0927339
• Ayisha Thomas 0910387
• Tristan Kingdon 0918837

Group 4

• Bart van de Dood 0919031
• Dian Padmasari 0913069
• Friso Jonker 0910116