Dec 28, 2010 Dear reader, Since OpenNI was released we're extremely excited about it and can't wait to start using it. It's great to have a open source standardized. Jan 27, 2017 For sure they will not. But if you have had a bit of interest for my question: mac users have been able since years to pass through it with OpenNI SDK.
I'm trying to connect Kinect to Processing on a Mac (running OSX Yosemite 10.10). Perhaps someone can help?
Thus far, I've followed all the directions on this page, with no errors (a very helpful page by the way): http://blog.nelga.com/setup-microsoft-kinect-on-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion/
Once completed, I was able to use Kinect via Terminal, NiTE, & SensorKinect without a problem. However, when I try to utilize the SimpleOpenNI library via Processing, it tells me I need to install OpenNI first. Given that OpenNI is already installed, in the steps above, I'm not sure what's wrong. I've tried restarting and whatnot.
Has anyone else encountered this?
1 Answer
Processing uses libraries under ~/Documents/Processing/Library/. You have to follow the instruction here: https://simple-openni.googlecode.com and also install OpenNI-NITE as driver.
There is an open source example you can follow and all required libraries are given with links: https://github.com/ningt/slide2d
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Openni Manual Install Mac Pro
I have a Kinect for Windows and I would like to connect it to my Mac laptop with OSX 10.7.5.
I would like to use openNI as the driver.
OpenNI's website lists 'OpenNI 2.1 Beta (OS X)' however the source-code page does not list install instructions. Are they found someplace else?
There are install instructions on the OpenNI 1.x github page and on OpenNI 1.x Unstable branch page. The instructions for the two branches are slightly different, however neither have worked for me.
I originally had XCode 4.6 installed. Both instructions state they want XCode 4.3.2, which I installed, renamed XCode 4.6 and used 'sudo xcode-select -switch' to switch between them.
Both instructions ask for 'libusb-devel +universal' and in both cases I get:
If I continue with the installation of 'libusb +universal' instead, then the rest of the dependencies install fine (though I had to install GraphViz before Doxygen).
But then when I run: './RedistMaker' I get a lot of warnings, though it does create a Final file. 'sudo ./install.sh' runs fine and I'm guessing OpenNI is installed, but then I get a bunch more errors when trying to install Sensor.
Can anyone help tell where along the way should I have started to worry? Do I need to manually install libusb (which I have tried to do)?
Any help appreciated!
Openni Manual Install Mac Os
BishopZBishopZ1 Answer
I fixed the installation of OpenNI by running these instructions:
Basically the Mac install instructions need to be updated and should include a warning that the short install may leave files around that will need to be deleted before installing with port.