Teaching kids to program using scratch and kinect stephen howell this video by stephen howell tells us all about how he developed a toolkit that teaches kids programming by using scratch and kinect. Make sure the kinect sensor is not plugged into any of the usb ports on the computer. In its current form yes but if you only require one or two of the different sources then you dont need all information from the kinect. Jan 25, 2015 kinect2scratch the power of joint tracking in scratch. Posted on november 20, 2011 by raymond david james chambers so ive been making the kinect apps since the summer and i have been enjoying helping other teachers and seeing the impact it has had.
Check spythespy for all files added, and copy them to your windows 7 os on the same location. The microsoft kinect is a depth camera that can sense where objects are in a. With experimental extensions, you can create scratch projects that connect with. Dec 15, 2014 controlling sprites in scratch via xbox 360 kinect. The special blocks do not appear in scratch, nor does any sensor or motor work, even if i make the blocks appear by using the menu, then put them in a program. Controls are very easy to use, in fact, if you have children at home, it can be a good way to have fun. This unit will teach the computer science students how to use mit scratch to create an educational math game gamification which accepts kinesthetic body movement and gestures as input to teach a middlelevel math common core standard.
Oct 21, 2014 to install the kinect for windows sdk 2. However, in addition to providing an rgb image, it also provides a depth map. Kinect 2 scratch makes it easy to make kinect v1 xbox 360 version games and. So for the kinect, our ta have already made the script that allow us to keep track of the coordinate in 3d of our hands and the other. Set up a visual studio project with the proper build configurations. Kinect2scratch by stephenhowell kinect to scratchx github pages. Once the kinect for windows sdk has completed installing successfully, ensure the kinect sensor is connected to the power hub and the power. First steps there are many ways of getting started with scratch. It also installs some vc redistributables, so skip the files already there reboot windows 7 and enjoy kinect 2. Download and install the kinect 2 sdk in virtualbox. Look inside and remix to make changes and add your ideas.
Sign up kinect v2 to version 3 of kinect2scratch github. Download vitruvius vitruvius create stunning kinect. January 25, 2015 january 25, 2015 purbeckstem uncategorized education, ict, kinect, scratch, secondary, steam, stem, stemclub microsoft kinect units can be found second hand on. He created some projects with leap motion controller, not kinect sensor. From the download location, doubleclick on kinectsdkv2. Kinect v1 for xbox or kinect v1 for windows with an external power supply electricity plug kinect sdk 1. Scratched strip board the next step is to connect power and ground. This unit will teach the computer science students how to use mit scratch to create an educational math game gamification which accepts kinesthetic body movement and gestures as input to teach a middlelevel math common core standard project. Other scratch environments use different formats, including the. Stephen is the author of kinect2scratch, a bridge from the revolutionary microsoft 3d kinect camera to scratch, a widelyused toolkit for teaching programming to kids. Controlling sprites in scratch via xbox 360 kinect.
In our latest issue of our ipad magazine, we talk about the. We typically feature projects from people sharing what theyve learned. The kinect for windows software development kit sdk 2. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Kinect2scratch the power of joint tracking in scratch. In this section, well be trying three different approaches 1 stepbystep, 2 openended exploration, and 3 remixing by. This lab is part of a series of hands on labs which teach you how to create a windows 8. In 2014, microsoft awarded me with the mvp title for my technical contributions to the opensource community. Students will create a math educational game in mit scratch to use in conjunction with the microsoft. Requires ability to completely shut off ir beams in rapid succession. Interprets the motion data from a microsoft kinect sensor and converts it into multi touch input. Jul 28, 2011 a demo of stephen howells fantastic program for controlling sprites in scratch using a kinect. He has presented kinect2scratch at mit, boston, cmu, pittsburgh, tsuda college, tokyo and at the cesi 2012 conference keynote. This is version 3 2016, and the older 2011 and 2014 versions are available, but deprecated.
Scratch is a free application for windows that allows you to generate your own graphic animations in a very easy way. Download scratch 2 offline editor for windows free 450. January 25, 2015 january 25, 2015 purbeckstem uncategorized education, ict, kinect, scratch, secondary, steam, stem, stemclub microsoft kinect units can be found second hand on ebay for. You will grow essential programming skills such as creativity, coworking on projects, and logical reasoning. This software enables you to write body tracking programs using kinect v1 and scratch 1. Once the kinect for windows sdk has completed installing successfully, ensure the kinect sensor is connected to the power hub and the power hub is plugged into an outlet. This is preliminary software andor hardware and apis are preliminary and subject to change. Most physical extensions require the scratch device plugin download here. Meaning for every pixel seen by the sensor, the kinect measures distance from the sensor. The arduino ide includes a source code editor a text editor with some useful. Move with math microsoft kinect 2 mit scratch microsoft.
Try out these starter projects from the scratch team. If you want to start from a fresh project, click launch scratchx with new. If you have any other kinect or scratch version, you should go to the latest version kinect2scratch. Getting started with kinect and processing daniel shiffman. Kinect 2 scratch makes it easy to make kinect v1 xbox 360 version games and applications in scratch, the easy to use programming environment from the lifelong kindergarten lab in mit. Kinect 2 scratch makes it easy to make kinect v2 xbox one version games and. And an even longer version though quite out of date in some ways. Kinect hacker stephen howell has been hard at work producing a number of short demonstrations showing the possibilities of using the scratch visual programming language with a microsoft kinect controller. On january 7, 2014, an account settings option was created that allowed one to optin to the beta player for all projects viewed on the website. I have been building commerical kinect apps since 2012. In order to control kinect 360 in scratch, it is necessary to first run an interface program to establish the connection between the two. App inventor, a tool to create android apps with a scratch like interface.
I am trying to use your mapping code from color to depth so that for the centroid that i find on an object on the color frame, i may be able to map it to the depth frame to calculate the distance of the object from the sensor. I installed the ubermix ubuntu distro on 2 oldish dell latitude d610s, and the wedo usb connection does not seem to be workingrecognized on either laptop. Therefore, the web page for testing projects in the new player was taken down. Kinect 2 interface for matlab file exchange matlab central.
Whether youre educating students, training employees, manufacturing products, or exploring countless other options for whats possible when humans and computers interact, you can create something amazing with kinect for windows v2. Pdf arduino and kinect projects gwadaboy janlou academia. A demo of stephen howells fantastic program for controlling sprites in scratch using a kinect. Kinect 2 scratch makes it easy to make kinect v2 xbox one version games and applications in scratchx, the easy to use programming environment from the lifelong kindergarten lab in mit. Set up a visual studio project with the proper build. This is a special version i wrote in an afternoon for susan ettenheim and one of her students. This is the first lab in the series, and it shows you how to set up the initial development environment to build an app using kinect 2. Download samples and unzip into documents\scratch projects.
Most of you know me of my kinect tutorials, videos and guides. Block exchange, a website where scratch users can share data sets and sources in the form of blocks. Kinect2scratch program the microsoft kinect with scratch. Get latest updates about open source projects, conferences and. Jan 10, 2011 kinect hacker stephen howell has been hard at work producing a number of short demonstrations showing the possibilities of using the scratch visual programming language with a microsoft kinect controller. I started thinking recently that i would kind of like to work with it myself, see what kinds of things i might be able to make and do, and decided to. However, ours is opensource, tracks hand states, and allows remote connections. Ensure you have the necessary components for coding with kinect. The scratch team also allowed bug posts in a few topics on the announcements forum. Ive been watching the kinect hacks online for the past several months and really enjoyed them.
In our latest issue of our ipad magazine, we talk about the importance and benefits of teaching kids how to code. Installing and using the kinect sensor beta 2 sdk kinect. Kinect2scratch windows and kinect2scratch4mac mac are two such programs. The two projects are still very much alive, so everything you will be doing in this book with. Depth camera ir arrays theoretically would not interfere with each other. It is designed to facilitate the handling of large media environments with physical interfaces, realtime motion graphics, audio and video that can interact with many users simultaneously. Arduino and kinect projects download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to. Kinect v2 to version 3 of kinect2scratch stephenhowellkinect2scratch. Animations are generated according to objects backrounds, pictures. I dont know if this has been realized in the api yet. The relative positions of your hands will appear on the screen as hand pointers and you can grab the screen to scroll, pan 1 hand and zoom 2 hands, or click quickly grab and release with 1 hand, just like you would interact with a touchscreen. Jun 25, 2012 i installed the ubermix ubuntu distro on 2 oldish dell latitude d610s, and the wedo usb connection does not seem to be workingrecognized on either laptop.
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