readme.md

node-hands

intention

node-hands is a straight forward nodejs library which provides live x, y, and z hand coordinates from an xbox kinect to the browser via socket.io. if you're so inclined, click here for a demo video.

installation

1. install libfreenect

2. install liblo

3. download and run node-hands

    git clone git@github.com:catshirt/node-hands.git
    cd node-hands
    npm install
    node server.js
   

   if you access localhost:8080 you'll have an open socket waiting for OSC messages.

4. compile and run bionic-dj

    git submodule init
    git submodule update
    cd lib/bionic-dj
    gcc -lfreenect -llo -framework OpenGL -framework GLUT -I ~/Code/libfreenect/include bionic_dj.c
    ./a.out
   

   where ~/Code/libfreenect/include is the path to your libfreenect header files

bionic-dj should now be sending OSC messages which nodejs forwards to the browser.