Can I use Kinect on a Mac?

Studying vision, I would like to play with the Microsoft Kinect.

Can I use 开发者_Python百科it on my Mac?

I have not found any Library for Mac and fear virtualization on my laptop to use Linux.

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I've accessed Kinect data on OSX using openframeworks and the ofxKinect addon (which uses libfreenect and libusb). It's not the only option, just I've used and worked 'out of the box'.

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Try downloading the Zigfu Dev Bundle for mac (http://www.zigfu.com) - that should get you up to speed with kinect development on mac.

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Using Kinect on Mac is as easy as ordering Latte. But there is also a lot of confusion on the Internet and sites that seem to be old and give you the wrong advice such as installing a separate sensor library in addition to OpenNI. Just go to the basic website and download SDK for your MAC: http://www.openni.org/openni-sdk/

You might need to have prerequsities though I assume you have already installed them, such as:

sudo port install libtool 
sudo port install doxygen
 restart comp
sudo port install libusb-devel +universal
 Troubleshooting:
"sudo rm -f /opt/local/lib/libusb-1.0.0.dylib"
"sudo port clean libusb"
"sudo port install libusb +universal" 

No need to compile anything. You should be able to run ./Samples/Bin/SimpleViewer right away after you run sudo ./install.sh.The PROBLEM might be that you have already tried to run it unsuccessfully and put a camera in the wrong state. I have seen errors such as USB intercase cannot be set etc. as a side effect.

Running your code in Eclipse is a different story and may require a few extra steps and changing your Ubuntu code (using openni namespace, different includes, etc.)