Hi,
#1, I recently wrote an application that captures bone data from a Kinect for Windows devices (Important: this is not the XBox Kinect) and sends it to a device driver running in Softimage. It is a functional solution for getting the raw skeletal motion data into Softimage using the device driver interface. I know there is already an ICE-based Kinect solution out there, but this takes a different approach by using a device driver which I find a little more to my liking. I can observe values in a custom parameter set and pull the values from there to do whatever I need with them such as binding in ICE or more basic expressions. Plus I don't have to run the simulation to see what is going on, you just activate the driver and it works even while Softimage is sitting in pause mode. #2, I also wrote a driver that is designed to work with Xbox-style controllers. The input data is provided as positional data and all driver item names are mapped to Xbox controller names. I'm wondering if there would be any interest in a bundle of these two drivers & the support application for something around $50. I am really under the gun to get my next game out (I'm a solo indie game dev) and I just can't spend any more time on it unless I have some hope it can pay for the time it would take me to make a proper release out of it. I don't want to assume anyone has any interest at all, and won't be surprised if there isn't. I wrote these for my own needs and find them useful so I am happy with that. However, if these sound like tools you would like, please let me know. If enough people want access to them then I can wrap up a few loose ends, do some more testing and do the various things I'd have to do. If a lot of people expressed interest I would be keen to add support for Kinect face tracking data as well as a plug-in mechanism to allow people to easily filter the skeleton data with a .NET DLL prior to handing the data to Softimage. It's all doable but I can only take the time if it makes business sense which I can only hope everyone understands. Here are some screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/7ayDJ Thanks Eric Cosky
