Got interested in the Kinect for the potential creative uses with third-party tools, open source drivers and libraries… and had one delivered today. I’m interested in hooking it up with the computer and experiementing with 3D spacial / object recognition, and creative visual programming. Thanks to the open source community, here are a few notable resources:
OpenKinect and OpenKinect Google Group
Want to see it in action? Head over to YouTube and search for: Kinect open source