MSKinectService

Last revision: ver. 5.0 - 21 July 2014

Uses the Microsoft Kinect for Windows SDK to access joint and (eventually) speech recognition data. Kinect v2.0 support is currently in development and is not in the current public build.

Generated events

• Service type: Mocap
• Event types: Update
• Event data fields: position (head) and extraData float array containing joint position

Common Mocap Event Fields

• timestamp:
• sourceID: Skeleton / body ID
• serviceID:
• serviceType: Mocap
• type: Update
• flags: 0 (not used)
• position: x, y, z of the skeleton's head
• orientation: not used

Extra Data Fields

The following table shows the ExtraData Vector3 index mapping to the current supported skeleton tracking systems (OpenNI and Kinect for Windows v1.x and v2.0). Index values not supported by the current service will return a Vector3(0,0,0).

ExtraDataVector3 index	MSKinect2Service (SDK v2.0)	OpenNIService	MSKinectService (SDK v1.x)
0	JointType_SpineBase	---	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_HIP_CENTER
1	JointType_Head	XN_SKEL_HEAD	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_HEAD
2	JointType_Neck	XN_SKEL_NECK	---
3	---	XN_SKEL_TORSO	---
4	---	XN_SKEL_WAIST	---
5	---	XN_SKEL_LEFT_COLLAR	---
6	JointType_ShoulderLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_SHOULDER	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_SHOULDER_LEFT
7	JointType_ElbowLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_ELBOW	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_ELBOW_LEFT
8	JointType_WristLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_WRIST	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_WRIST_LEFT
9	JointType_HandLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_HAND	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_HAND_LEFT
10	JointType_HandTipLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_FINGERTIP	---
11	JointType_HipLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_HIP	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_HIP_LEFT
12	JointType_KneeLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_KNEE	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_KNEE_LEFT
13	JointType_AnkleLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_ANKLE	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_ANKLE_LEFT
14	JointType_FootLeft	XN_SKEL_LEFT_FOOT	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_FOOT_LEFT
15	---	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_COLLAR	---
16	JointType_ShoulderRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_SHOULDER	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_SHOULDER_RIGHT
17	JointType_ElbowRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_ELBOW	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_ELBOW_RIGHT
18	JointType_WristRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_WRIST	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_WRIST_RIGHT
19	JointType_HandRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_HAND	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_HAND_RIGHT
20	JointType_HandTipRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_FINGERTIP	---
21	JointType_HipRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_HIP	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_HIP_RIGHT
22	JointType_KneeRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_KNEE	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_KNEE_RIGHT
23	JointType_AnkleRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_ANKLE	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_ANKLE_RIGHT
24	ointType_FootRight	XN_SKEL_RIGHT_FOOT	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_FOOT_RIGHT
25	JointType_SpineMid	---	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_SPINE
26	JointType_SpineShoulder	---	NUI_SKELETON_POSITION_SHOULDER_CENTER
27	JointType_ThumbLeft	---	---
28	JointType_ThumbRight	---	---

Configuration parameters

• updateInterval (float): the delay time in seconds between polling for new data (default: 0.01)