Legacy Camera Installation Part 1
(for Mac OS X)
What if I have Windows 7 instead?
System Requirements
- Depth sensing camera(s), camera mount(s) and camera frame as described on our legacy hardware page.
Note: The Kinect for Windows isn't supported on the Mac at all. Furthermore, only the Xbox 360 Kinect is supported for the Mac in the two-camera setup. - Mac with at least an Intel Core i7 processor and 8GB RAM
- OS X v10.8+
- Java SE 6 64-bit
- OpenNI SDK v1.5.4. You can install this from scratch using instructions like these, but a simpler method is to download a prebuild binary installation such as Zigfu's.
Installation
Figure 1: Camera setup and frame.
Figure 2: Checkerboard mounted on a foam core board with binder clips.
- Assemble the frame as shown in the assembly instructions and set it up on your desk (See Figure 1). If you are using two cameras (not recommended), they need to be connected to ports on separate USB controllers on your computer. All modern computers have at least two usb controllers. Usually ports from separate USB controllers are further apart than ports on the same USB controller.
- Download the SDK OS X binaries and double click on the GesturalUserInterface.dmg file. Copy the
GesturalUserInterfacedirectory somewhere (such as into your home directory). It should have the subdirectories:/Users/username/GesturalUserInterface/
/Users/username/GesturalUserInterface/lib
etc. In the GesturalUserInterface directory, create a config.yml indicating the appropriate number of cameras (see config_example.yml):
Leave the CameraType as OpenNI
CameraType: OpenNI
- Print the checkerboard (on letter or A4 paper). See Figure 2, foam board optional.