Downloads Primesense Nite Win32 Application

Next you are going to need the following bits of middleware and drivers: Microsoft Kinect: SensorKinect Module – download Win32 installer from Bin folder OpenNI PrimeSense NITE On some systems you have to install the Kinect drivers last and not first as you would normally expect. I wanted to try the Zigfu OpenNI approach for my projects so I installed the following drivers. Openni-win32-1.5.2.23-dev SensorKinect091-Bin-Win32-v5.1.0.25 nite-win32-1.5.2.21-dev The samples.

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Introduction

• PrimeSense have indicated that a mac version of NITE is coming soon, at which time I expect the proper Unity OpenNI wrapper to work and this will be a proper solution, leaving my temporary botch in the dust.
• Kinect: How to install and use OpenNI on Windows – Part 1. Go here first and download the last OpenNI version (v1.0.0.25 at the time of writing). Enter the following key: 0KOIk2JeIBYClPWVnMoRKn5cdY4= (NITE is not free but PrimeSense provided a free key to allow users to test its middleware).
• Apr 28, 2011  Hi Everyone! We're proud to announce that new versions of OpenNI, NITE & PrimeSense- Sensor were updated in the download section of www.openni.org. A full list of changes, the MacOSX version and a complete update of.
• I'm also going to use the semi-official Kinect software that PrimeSense has made available. This is semi-official as PrimeSense is the company that created the basic hardware that Microsoft used to create the Kinect sensor. And API and a 'middleware' program called NITE which does things like skeletonization and other higher level.

Playing Kinect games is a really great experience. Programming for Kinect is even greater! Browsing the web, you can find many cool 'hacks' (CLNUI, OpenKinect) which allow Kinect be used by a PC rather than an XBOX. Via these hacks, we gain access to Kinect's cameras (color and depth), LED, accelerometer and motor. Obtaining both the raw and the depth image, it is easier to build Machine Vision applications. But the main problem remains: Kinect magic is its software and the device simply cannot give us all those body-tracking algorithms by itself.

Fortunately, PrimeSense, the company behind Kinect, released OpenNI framework and NITE middleware. This means that we can now have access to features such as real-time skeleton tracking, gesture recognition, wave detection and much more!

Prerequisites

• Kinect for Windows or Kinect for XBOX sensor
• Windows 7 or Windows 8

OpenNI and NITE installation can be painful if not done properly. Let's do it step by step:

Step 0

Uninstall any previews drivers, such as CLNUI. Look at the end of this post if you want to see how you can have multiple drivers installed.

Step 1

• Download Kinect Drivers and unzip.
• Open the unzipped folder and navigate to Bin folder.
• Run the msi Windows file.

Drivers are now installed in your PC.

Step 2

Download and install the latest stable or unstable OpenNI Binaries from OpenNI website.

Step 3

Download and install the latest stable or unstable OpenNI Compliant Middleware Binaries (NITE) from OpenNI website.

During installation, provide the following (free) PrimeSense key: 0KOIk2JeIBYClPWVnMoRKn5cdY4=

Step 4

Download and install the latest stable or unstable OpenNI Compliant Hardware Binaries from OpenNI website.

Both stable and unstable releases have worked for me. If you have trouble installing the unstable releases, just try the stable ones.

Step 5

• Plug in your Kinect device and connect its USB port with your PC.
• Wait until the driver software is found and applied.
• Navigate to the Device Manager (Control Panel). You should see something like the following:

Step 6

Navigate to C:Program FilesOpenNISamplesBinRelease (or C:Program Files (x86)OpenNISamplesBinRelease) and try out the existing demo applications. Try the demos found in C:Program FilesPrime SenseNITESamplesBinRelease (or C:Program Files (x86)Prime SenseNITESamplesBinRelease), too. If they work properly, then you are done! Congratulations!

Step 7

Downloads Primesense Nite Win32 Application Download

You have successfully installed Kinect in your Windows PC! Read the documentation and familiarize yourself with the OpenNI and NITE API. You'll find the proper assemblies in:

• C:Program FilesOpenNIBin (or C:Program Files (x86)OpenNIBin) and
• C:Program FilesPrime SenseNITEBin (or C:Program Files (x86)Prime SenseNITEBin)

3d Sensor From Primesense

OpenNI is the primary assembly you'll need when developing Natural User Interfaces applications.

C# tutorials on using the managed OpenNI.net libraries can be found in this blog, so stay tuned ;-).

Downloads Primesense Nite Win32 Application Form

Update June 12, 2011: Troubleshooting

• If you are running a version of OpenNI older than 1.1.0.38, then you need to replace the XML files found under Program FilesOpenNIData and Program FilesPrimeSenseNITEData with the corresponding ones found here.
• If the demos do not run, then navigate to the Control Panel and open the Environment Variables panel. Under 'System variables', find OPEN_NI_BIN variable and replace C:Program FilesOpenNIbin with C:Program FilesOpenNIBin (uppercase 'B').

Installing Multiple Drivers

Primesense Nite

Thanks to my friend George Karakatsiotis (@erevodifwntas), you can now have various Kinect drivers installed concurrently. Here's how to achieve this:

Primesense Software

• Open Device Manager
• Right click Kinect Camera under PrimeSensor.
• Select 'Update driver software'
• Select 'Browse my computer for driver software' and 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer'.
• Select the driver of your preference (e.g. CLNUI).
• You are done!

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