Send OSC Messages with Microsoft Kinect

In this article:

• Requirements
• Step 1: Download and Run the KinectV2-OSC app
• Step 2: Create Gesture Detection
• Step 3: Change IP Address and Port to your Lightform Device's IP Address
• Step 4: Send OSC Message
• Conclusion

<aside> 📎 We do not recommend using Labs for installations or productions where dependability is required. These features are experimental and unsupported.

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In this tutorial, we'll be using an open-source solution that allows you to control OSC values using Kinect Body Tracking.

KinectV2-OSC sends OSC messages for each body detected by the Kinect. We edited the code to add a feature that detects right-to-left hand movement and then sends an OSC message to the Lightform device to trigger the next slide.

Any other input device can be used instead of a Kinect (e.g., RealSense, Leap Motion, etc.). Here are some open-source solutions we found:

• V1 Kinect
• RealSense
• Leap Motion

<aside> 📎 Note: This requires a bit of coding!

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Requirements