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    Kinect

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    I am working to incorporate the Kinect with Looking Glass.  The Kinect's cameras can track a moving human body and provide this tracking information to Xbox 360.  The Microsoft Kinect SDK...

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    Kinect Event Listener

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    I am currently trying to track body parts (such as a right hand) through Looking Glass using Jnect. I am also working to add a Kinect Event Listener within Looking Glass (in order to incorporate...

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    Body Tracker

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    This week, I created a Body Tracker which can use the Kinect to track the changing positions of all defined body parts through Looking Glass.  I was first able to get my Right Hand Tracker and...

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    Kinect Handler

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    This week I am working on the Kinect Handler.  My goal at this stage is to create Kinect event listeners in Looking Glass.  My first step (which is not yet complete) is to make the user's...

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    Kinect - Right Hand Movement

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    My focus this week has continued to be towards my current goal of having a user's movements reflected in the movements of a Looking Glass character.  Specifically, I have been working towards...

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    Skeleton Listener

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    This week I have continued to work on Kinect Events and Listeners.  Last week I worked to get an event and listener in Looking Glass to recognize right hand movement and respond with movement...

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    Abstraction Layer

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    After running into additional issues while trying to integrate the Kinect (jnect) with Looking Glass, I have spent the past week building several classes to bridge jnect and Looking Glass....

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    Kinect Movements

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    Earlier in the week I was able to make an object in Looking Glass move in response to my right hand movements.  The way that I was able to do this was not a good long term implementation, but...

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    Flying Objects and Moving Parts...

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    I am happy to report that the Kinect is now integrated with Looking Glass, and I have been able to move Looking Glass objects and characters in response to user's movements.  This week I have...

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    Painting the Roses Red

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    I have spent this week working on Looking Glass therapy games that utilize the Kinect to track user positions and movements.  I have been trying to perfect my Robot Alien versus UFOs game....