A presenation I gave at Health 2.0 Boston

1. Body Tracking:
An Introduction to the Microsoft Kinect
Greg Borenstein
NYU ITP
ideasfordozens.com / @atduskgreg

6. IR Projector

7. Image courtesy of futurepicture.org

8. IR Projector

9. IR Camera
IR Projector

10. R GB Camera
IR Camera
IR Projector

11. RGB Image Depth Image

12. openkinect.org

13. Processing.org

14. Dan Shiffman
NYU ITP photo by Jeff Howard

15. www.shiffman.net/p5/kinect/

16. John Schimmel - Assistive Technology
itp.nyu.edu/sigs/assistive

17. “Weʼre using the Kinect to create a gestural interface
for a patient whose neurological disorder has left him
with very limited motor skills and almost no vision.
Previously, he has not been able to perform these
task without the help of an aide.”
– Erica Newman and Will Jennings, ITP

18. www.shiffman.net/p5/kinect/

19. OpenFrameworks.cc + OpenCV

21. openni.org

22. Demo

23. Letʼs make something!
Greg Borenstein
NYU ITP
ideasfordozens.com / @atduskgreg