we've already installed developer Toolkit 1.8, let's do a further test. first find the Kinect for Windows SDK v1.8 in the Start menu and click on Developer Toolkit Browser v1.8.0.
after opening, there are a lot of things that we choose from the right tools to filter, and then we can see Kinect Studio, Kinect explorer-d2d, Kinect explorer-wpf.
Kinect Explorer is a sample program that can represent all the features of the Kinect sensor at once, divided into d2d (C + + DirectX Authoring) and WPF (C # with WPF). because I'm developing in C #, so here we use the Kinect explorer-wpf. We run the Kinect Explorer by clicking the Run button. You'll see a console window and a Kinect Explorer main window. At the bottom of the main window we can see a variety of data for the current Kinect including angles.
here we have to mention that Kinect for Windows has two modes, the default mode and the close-up mode, which is not available for the Kinect for Xbox. The valid recognition distance for the default mode is: 80cm--400cm, while the effective recognition distance of close-range mode is 40cm--300cm. In the depth stream, you can adjust the default or close-up mode of Kinect for Windows with a range column.
on the other hand, force off under Sensor setting is also valid only for Kinect for Windows. It can force the Kinect's infrared projector off, which is not possible with Kinect for Xbox. If we turn off the infrared projector, we get an all-black image. For example, I have selected force off at the bottom. At this point, it is clear that the left-most camera of the Kinect is no longer blinking red.
this time if we go to the color stream and switch the current camera bit infraredresolution640x480fps30, then we will get two full-black images.
well, before exiting Kinect Explorer, don't forget to first cut the camera back into RGBRESOLUTION640X480FPS30 and turn the IR projector on again.
reference: The Kinect body Sense programming Primer
2015.3.20 18:12by Mr.losers
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