On June 16, 2011, Microsoft released the Kinect for Windows SDK. This SDK allows windows developers to support motion with an Xbox 360 Kinect device. The Applications Prototype Lab at Esri has just completed a prototype using a Kinect to navigate in ArcGlobe.
To fly forward, the user can raise their right hand. The display will navigate in the direct the right hand is pointing. We call this “superman navigation”. If the left hand is elevated, the display will pivot around a central location on the globe surface. And lastly, if both hands are raised, the screen will zoom in or out as the hands are both together or apart.
To use the add-in you must have the following:
- Kinect for Xbox 360 sensor,
- Windows 7 (32 or 64bit),
- .NET Framework 4.0,
- Kinect for Windows SDK beta.
The add-in (with source code) is available here.Contributed by Richie C.
