Just My Imagination

Just got skeleton tracking from Kinect data up and running on my Mac. There's a lot out there on this topic right now including several completely different drivers and it took me forever to figure out what I was supposed to install and in what order--so I figured I'd document it. Though in the end most of this is from the SensorKinect (see below) README, which has additional useful info. This post: http://www.roxlu.com/blog/entry/116/openni-and-sensorkinect-driver-for-mac-/page/ was also useful in explaining what all the different pieces were for.

Here's what I did:

Make sure you have Xcode 3.2.5.

1) OpenNI (the framework)
Download https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI/tree/unstable
Install MacPorts (this may take a while)
sudo port install libtool
sudo port install libusb-devel +universal

Follow instructions in OpenNI install file:
Building OpenNI:
a) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux-x86/CreateRedist".
Run the script: "./RedistMaker".
This will compile everything and create a redist package in the "Platform/Linux-x86/Redist" directory.
It will also create a distribution in the "Platform/Linux-x86/CreateRedist/Final" directory.
b) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux-x86/Redist".
Run the script: "sudo ./install.sh"

2) NITE (skeleton tracking module)
Download NITE for OS X from here: http://www.openni.org/downloadfiles/openni-compliant-middleware-binaries/33-latest-unstable
Use license key in SensorKinect README
(in <...>/Nite-1.3.0.18/) run:
sudo ./install.sh

3) SensorKinect (Kinect driver)
Download SensorKinect from here: https://github.com/avin2/SensorKinect
Follow instructions in SensorKinect install file:
Building Sensor:
a) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux-x86/CreateRedist".
Run the script: "./RedistMaker".
This will compile everything and create a redist package in the "Platform/Linux-x86/Redist" directory.
It will also create a distribution in the "Platform/Linux-x86/CreateRedist/Final" directory.
b) Go into the directory: "Platform/Linux-x86/Redist".
Run the script: "sudo ./install.sh"

Run <...>/OpenNI-OpenNI-ea12479/Platform/Linux-x86/Redist/Samples/Bin/Release/Sample-NiUserTracker
Stand in calibration pose.