[PD] More Sensor Questions inc libfreenect on the Rpi

[Julian Brooks]

That should be "way off working"

On 15 March 2013 14:46, Julian Brooks <jbeezez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Max & Matthias,
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Guess I need to keep thinking/digging.  I had spotted the Asus but have to
> presume it will be the same with sunlight as the kinect.  Hmmm.  The kinect
> is appealing as my friend already has one but from my reading around it's a
> way of working properly on the RPi, getting closer yes but still not there.
>
> I have a memory that somewhere in the archives Hans mentions webcams and
> light filters to make them u.v., might be an option, and importantly, easy
> to do.  Will keep updating.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Julian
>
>
> On 15 March 2013 06:55, Matthias Kronlachner <m.kronlachner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  hi!
>>
>> i think openni should be available for the rpi.
>> and with the asus xtion i read somewhere its's working.
>> i don't know about the kinect openni driver for rpi.
>>
>> without gem there is no ready to use solution for pd yet.
>> but you could build your own openni external, activate the depth- and
>> usergenerator and get the center of mass of detected users.
>> this would not be too complicated, and everything you need can be found
>> in pix_openni.
>>
>> i'm not sure about cpu load, this could be quite intensive for a rpi.
>>
>> but maybe there is already a standalone application doing exactly this
>> thing and sending osc?
>>
>> matthias
>>
>>
>> On 3/14/13 6:18 PM, Julian Brooks wrote:
>>
>> Hi again,
>>
>> So after some more research I've come to the conclusion that the
>> ultrasonics aren't going to do what I would like - not a wide enough beam
>> and unnecessary accuracy.
>>
>> Perhaps if I say what I would like 'something' to do, someone may say
>> "oh, you want one, two, n of *these*".
>>
>> I have a digital wind chime thingy that now works ok on the RPi.  What I
>> would like is to be able to put it outdoors with *something* that will *
>> see* when large objects, like people, are coming towards and moving away
>> from it and then I can make use of that data to send force in pmpd to the
>> chimes and then the chimes can klang into each other.
>>
>> Been looking at the kinects but it seems I'll need GEM to be able to
>> explore Matthias's very excellent looking freenect lib which is a no-no on
>> the RPi currently.
>>
>> My friend and I have rounded up a nice solar panel, we've got some old
>> broken soundstick speakers that we've hacked into and a weather-proof box
>> plus a pole to hang it all on.  Should be a nice little project when it's
>> done but a we're bit stuck on this problem at the moment...
>>
>> Any suggestions people?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Julian
>>
>>
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