See It In Action

Now Offering Microsoft® Kinect® Touch Applications

Next Level Touch uses Intuilab Software for all Microsoft Kinect  touch projects. Watch the sample video to see it in action.

  • People Detection: detects people in front of the Kinect sensor and displays a live video of sensor input
  • Gestures: manages gestures detection
  • Letter Gestures: manages letter postures detection
  • Command Postures: manages command postures detection

Control media without touching the screen

Kinect Gestures

Intuitive gestures include detection of push,wave, swipe left and swipe right. The user can use left/right swipes to control the navigation or to move through a collection of images or content. The push gesture is used to open the  item that is in focus. Users can also use the wave gesture  to reset a space.

Properties:

  • Enable Gesture Swipe Left
  • Enable Gesture Swipe Right
  • Enable Gesture Push
  • Enable Gesture Wave

Triggers

  • Push detected –> Raised when a Push gesture is detected.
  • Swipe Left detected –> Raised when a Swipe Left gesture is detected.
  • Swipe Right detected –> Raised when a Swipe Right gesture is detected.
  • Wave detected –> Raised when a Wave gesture is detected.
Kinect software and application development - Kinect Gestures image
Kinect software and application development - Kinect Gestures image

Kinect Letter Gestures

This Interface Asset detects when the user in front of the sensor is in a posture with the shape of the letters A, T, U or V. From these triggers you can call any action.

Properties:

  • Enable Posture A
  • Enable Posture T
  • Enable Posture U
  • Enable Posture V

Triggers

  • Posture detected –> Raised when the posture is detected.
  • Posture detection in progress –> Raised when posture detection is in progress. You can bind its parameter to a Linear Gauge to see the progress.
  • Posture lost –> Raised when the posture is lost.

Kinect Command Postures

This Interface Asset detects when the user in front of the sensor is in a posture with one of three shapes referred to as Home, Wait & Stay. (see picture below). From these triggers you can call any IntuiFace action..

Properties:

  • Enable Gesture Swipe Left
  • Enable Gesture Swipe Right
  • Enable Gesture Push
  • Enable Gesture Wave

Triggers

  • Push detected –> Raised when a Push gesture is detected.
  • Swipe Left detected –> Raised when a Swipe Left gesture is detected.
  • Swipe Right detected –> Raised when a Swipe Right gesture is detected.
  • Wave detected –> Raised when a Wave gesture is detected.
Kinect software and application development - Kinect Gestures image

Known limitations

  • Kinect software currently provides people, gesture and posture detection. Pointing and direct manipulation with the hand will be available in future versions.
  • If you put more than one Interface Asset of each type in your experience, only the original will be functional.
  • Software supports only Kinect for Windows and not Kinect for Xbox 360 (due to Microsoft licensing limitations)