Kinect + Isadora Tutorials Now Available

FTP

Hello,

I've just introduced the Kinect to my students, but it appears that the old tutorials for how to get it up and running have been wiped from the site?!

Has it lost the support of the Isadora community?

Thanks in advance for any/all response,

Tra B

Woland

@ftp

Those tutorials were taken offline because they were for Isadora 2 and an update to one of the other pieces of software involved made the tutorials no longer viable. (Also the method used was not viable for Isadora 3.)

For Isadora 3 we have the kinect modules in development.

I preserved the files you should need to get it running on Isadora 2 and posted them here: https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/6363/what-is-the-best-alternative-to-ni-mate-for-kinect-v1-on-osx-today

mark

@ftp said:

Hello, I've just introduced the Kinect to my students, but it appears that the old tutorials for how to get it up and running have been wiped from the site?!Has it lost the support of the Isadora community?

Dear FTP,

We have integrated actors that work with the Kinect in Beta. I am going to try to get these out before this Friday Feb 14, but I'm scrambling a bit to prepare a demo file. It might be Monday before it's ready.

Note: these actors are for Isadora 3 only.

That said, I will have @Woland make you a beta tester right now. You can then get access to what I hope to have out on Friday. You could tnen try out the plugin yourself and get ready to introduce your students to it.

Best Wishes,
Mark

bonemap

@mark said:

I hope to have out on Friday

what!!! wow!!! when????

mark

@bonemap said:

what!!! wow!!! when????

Please read my line from above carefully: ...try to get these out before this Friday Feb 14, but I'm scrambling a bit to prepare a demo file. It might be Monday before it's ready.

I also need to record and edit a new tutorial tonight/tomorrow. I'll move as fast as I can but all of these thing take time.

Best Wishes,
Mark

RIL

@mark That is super super great news !! Monday will be just fine jaja

Big hug,

bonemap

@mark said:

Please read my line from above carefully:

aarrgh!! Is TroikaTronix really too small to be backed up by a programming team? Are you really doing all of this on your own? It is amazing if you are, but....#succession planning #expansion #sustainability #coderwellbeing #e.t.c

Woland

@bonemap

Currently yes, but our long-term plan is to save up enough capital to clone Mark seven times.

bonemap

@woland said:

long-term plan

Good things come to those with the virtue of patience 🥚

Woland

I thought the saying was “Good clones come to those who pay” 🤔

bonemap

@woland said:

Good clones come to those who pay

That is very on point. Let’s hope the OpenNi plugins provide a spike of healthy capital so TroikaTronix can go chasing those dreams...🔮

mark

@bonemap said:

TroikaTronix really too small to be backed up by a programming team? Are you really doing all of this on your own?

A decent programmer (meaning one with 75% of my skills) costs 80 Euros per hour in these parts (it's probably more in the USA.) That's around 150,000 EUR per year if they are working a 40 hour week. So yes, we are too small and I'm doing all the programming on my own. Thank goodness we have @xenia, @Woland, @DusX, @mc_monte and our dear @Michel handling sales, technical support, testing and the forum. Without them TroikaTronix wouldn't work at all.

Best Wishes,
Mark

bonemap

@mark said:

Without them TroikaTronix wouldn't work at all

In my experience TroikaTronix has a brilliant front end team. Apologies for the probing questions it feels a bit rude! 🐘

mark

@ril said:

That is super super great news !! Monday will be just fine jaja

I'm still working on the tutorial but for sure will have it ready tomorrow, Feb 17.

Something came up and I couldn't really work on Sunday. Sorry for the delay.

Best Wishes,
Mark

mark

Dear All,

As promised for today, the OpenNI Tracker "soft launch" can be found in this post. Please post your thoughts, reaction and feedback in that thread.

Best Wishes,
Mark