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Kinect on PC/Windows 7 (OpenNI - "device missing", but Kinect SDK samples DO works)

I Have an Kinect (the bit old one, for xbox 360) and an PC (windows 7 x64).

I've downloaded the Kinect SDK from: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44561

I've made an restart, plugged in the Kinect to power and PC/usb. Device Manager looks ok: enter image description here

I want to run the Unity demo for Kinect (then write my own one): https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/10693

As far as I know the http://www.openni.org/ is down, so I've downloaded and installed the OpenNI from http://structure.io/openni (OpenNI 2.2.0.33 Beta (x64)).

But when I run the Unity demo, Kinect does not react to my movements at all.

All the demos from C:\Program Files\OpenNI2\Samples\Bin fails as well:

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On the other hand, the demos from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Kinect\v1.0 Beta2\Samples\bin (Kinect SDK) works perfectly (showing the camera image, SkeletalViewer interprets my posture as skeleton etc.): enter image description here

The LED on the Kinect blinks periodically.

Solution

  • I am afraid OpenNI is a dead project, probably Kinect drivers changed in meantime and they are no more compatible.

    You should definitely switch to a more mantained framework, such as OpenKinect