Chapter 6. Fun with the Depth Sensor
After completing this chapter, you will:
Understand how the depth sensor delivers depth information
Combine depth and image information to trigger a camera when an object moves close to it
Use the depth camera to make a program that lets you draw with your fingertip
Make use of the depth sensor to detect objects
Create an XNA game where you are the controller
Visualizing Kinect Depth Information
YOU HAVE SEEN HOW THE Kinect video camera works. At regular intervals the video camera sensor produces a lump of data containing a set of values for the red, green, and blue intensity for each pixel in the scene it is capturing. This data describes a single frame of video. A program can use the pixel values in the frame to ...
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