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Thinking of buying a Kinect for Windows

Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
edited September 2014 in The Commons

They only go for about $200 and the SDK is a free download. Does anybody here use one in DAZ Studio, Carrara, or (heh) Blender?

If you have experience with one of these, can you tell me of anything I should know before moving forward?

I think it would be fun to get motion into my work, but I also think it may be helpful to get static poses into DAZ.

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  • Ken OBanionKen OBanion Posts: 1,447
    edited December 1969

    Hmm, you got me thinking about getting one, too! (I'm downloading the v2 SDK, even as I type this!)

  • Subtropic PixelSubtropic Pixel Posts: 2,388
    edited December 1969

    Interesting...what can you do with the SDK if you don't have the device yet?

    But yeah. $200? I can drop that in the DAZ store in just about any "non-punch" sale (I'm not participating in the current sale, kind of "on purpose"). And then turn around and whine to myself that I dread the animation options out there. At $200 I could break that cycle. Just hoping to find somebody else with a bit of experience first, because I also recognize that I could drop $200 on dinner, drinks, and entertainment for a lovely lady and myself.

    It's good to have $200. It's better to have $200 and some guiding principles. ;-)

  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    I don't know about Blender or DS. Poser 2014 Game Dev can be used the Kinect. There are threads about it over at RDNA and Rendo.

  • Design Anvil - Razor42Design Anvil - Razor42 Posts: 1,237
    edited December 1969

    Check this thread out seems you can use the Kinect with a program called Brekal and export .bvh for use with DS

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/11350/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYEv7gtg68w

  • eyeseeeyesee Posts: 172
    edited December 1969

    Here's a YouTube video of SCIFIFUNK using a Kinetic in Carrara with IPI software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHHeCpYlGpw. You'll sometimes find him on the Carrara forum. ☺

  • Melissa ConwayMelissa Conway Posts: 590
    edited December 1969

    If you go to Brekel's website, you'll see he's developing software for use with the Kinect 2. I didn't see anywhere exactly what this new software does (body? face? hands?), but he's open for beta testing (for those who already own the Kinect 2, I assume). He's also got a poll on his home page asking "Which 3D software do you prefer?" DAZ has only 5% of the votes, so anyone interested in seeing an app for Studio might want to consider popping over there and adding their vote.

  • Ken OBanionKen OBanion Posts: 1,447
    edited December 1969

    Subtropic Pixel said:
    Interesting...what can you do with the SDK if you don't have the device yet?

    But yeah. $200? I can drop that in the DAZ store in just about any "non-punch" sale (I'm not participating in the current sale, kind of "on purpose"). And then turn around and whine to myself that I dread the animation options out there. At $200 I could break that cycle. Just hoping to find somebody else with a bit of experience first, because I also recognize that I could drop $200 on dinner, drinks, and entertainment for a lovely lady and myself.

    It's good to have $200. It's better to have $200 and some guiding principles. ;-)

    Get familiar with the APIs, for one....

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