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1. HACK ATTACK Kinect Game Technical Report Name Sam Duff Student No x08794715 Page T Summary This project is a requirement for my degree course titled BSc Hons in Software Systems chose to explore game development using the Kinect Sensor The Kinect is a motion sensing input device Page 2 Declaration Cover Sheet for BSHSS4 Project Submission SECTION 1 Student to complete Name Student ID Supervisor SECTION 2 Confirmation of Authorship The acceptance of your work is subject to your signature on the following declaration confirm that have read the College statement on plagiarism summarised overleaf and printed in full in the Student Handbook and that the work I have submitted for assessment is entirely my own work Signature Date NB If it is suspected that your assignment contains the work of others falsely represented as your own it will be referred to the college s Disciplinary Committee Should the Committee be satisfied that plagiarism has occurred this is likely to lead to your failing the module and possibly to your being suspended or expelled from college Complete the sections above and attach it to the front of one of the copies of your assignment Page 3 What constitutes plagiarism or cheating The following is extracted from the college s formal statement on plagiarism as guoted in the Student Handbooks References to assignments should be taken2. Reguirements specification The game is being designed to run on well established components How the Kinect works The device features an RGB camera depth sensor and multi array microphone running proprietary software which provide full body 3D motion capture facial recognition and voice recognition capabilities Physical environment reguirements Reguirement 1 lt Play Space gt At least 6 feet between the user and the Kinect sensor is needed Description Priority To pick up your full body there is a requirement of 6 feet between the player and the Kinect sensor This is important as the Kinect will not be able to see your full body and will not be able to recreate body movements Requirement 2 lt Lighting gt An adequate amount of light is required Description Priority If proper lighting is not available the sensor may not be able to track body movements Interface requirements A GUI will have to be set up for the menu and game interface All input will be done using a Keyboard Mouse PC Controller Xbox but mainly through the Kinect by body movements Functional requirements The following specify the functional requirements and what they should accomplish Requirement 1 lt Start Game gt Description amp Priority The user starts to play the game Reguirement Activation When Start Game is selected from the main menu 35 Page Page 5 Reguirement 2 View High Score Description amp
3. enjoy this work and would like to pursue it in the future From this project can use the knowledge gained in my working life and maybe even developing something in my own time 5 Further development or research Unfortunately there was no menu or scoring system placed into the game this is another aspect that will be looked into The menu system would include a selection for adjusting camera angles Voice recognition is an area that would be a great interest and would limit the need of any controller or keyboard inputs at all would hope to put in more research and develop games that would be 3D so the Depth functionality could be put into play Gesturer recognition is another area that could have great benefits Character selection that will allow the user to have some variety Multi player functionality that will either be in the same room using one Kinect or over Xbox Live A game like this could be released as a part of a set of arcade games with more mini games added to increase its life span Page 2 3 6 Bibliography Webb Jarrett and Ashley James 2012 Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK New York Apress Kean Sean and Hall Jonathan and Perry Phoenix 2012 Meet The Kinect New York Apress Miles Rob 2012 Using Kinect for Windows with XNA Hull https www facultyresourcecenter com curriculum pfv aspx ID 8938 amp c1 en us amp c2 0 amp Login http kinectxna blogspot com 9
4. Author Jonathan Hall Author Phoenix Perry Author Beginning Kinect Programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK Paperback Jarrett Webb Author James Ashley Author Making Things See 3D vision with Kinect Processing and Arduino Paperback Greg Borenstein Author pasa 7 Project Plan Project Milestones Completion Date Project Proposal 23 Sep Reguirement Specification 7 Oct Completing Tutorials to learn 21 Oct how to develop using Kinect Draw up the design of the 4 Nov game Develop Game 14 Dec Prototype 15 Dec Continuing Development 29 Apr towards Beta Beta 30 Apr Continuing Development ge May towards Finished Project Page A 8 Bug Fixing 17 May Documentation 17 May Project Submission 18 May Technical Details The programming language used will be CH http openkinect org wiki Main Page The link above provides libraries that can be used during development of my game Evaluation My plan for testing the application is to have friends and family test the game for me under normal conditions and get them to provide feedback on problems they had with the game Consultation 1 Keith Maycock During my meeting with Keith he said with the idea I have I should look at developing an avatar that works around your skeleton and to keep away from features like finger tracking and to stick skeleton tracking Consultation 2 Micha
5. Description This use case describes the process of how the views the high scores and terminates the system Flow Description Precondition The system is in initialisation mode Activation This use case starts when an the user appears in front of the Kinect sensor and waves to allow the system know they are ready to play Main flow 7 The system identifies that there is a person standing in front of the sensor E1 8 The system puts a default avatar is put in place 9 The Actor makes a menu selection by moving their hand to the point of that Change Avatar lt A1 gt lt A2 gt 10 The system bring to Change Avater page 11 The actor picks an Avatar 12 The system goes back to main menu Alternate flow A1 40 Page Page 40 The actor picks View high Scores The system bring to High Scores page The actor picks to go back to the main menu The system goes back to main menu Use case continues at point 4 REA A2 6 The actor picks Play Game 7 The system starts the game 8 The Actor plays the game 9 1 The system goes back to the menu when the game is lost 0 Use case continues at point 3 Exceptional flow El 1 The system cannot identify there is a person and dose not continue Termination The system terminates when no player is visible to sensor Post condition The system goes into a wait state 41 Page Page 4d 1 42 Page Page d 2 7 3 Monthly log book Software Proje
6. JointID HandRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 37 69 243 JointID HipLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 77 109 243 JointID KneeLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 69 33 84 47 Page Page 7 JointID AnkleLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 229 170 122 JointID FootLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 255 126 0 JointID HipRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 181 165 213 JointID KneeRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 71 222 76 JointID AnkleRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 245 228 156 JointID FootRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 77 109 243 5 private void Window_Loaded object sender RoutedEventArgs e Starts up the runtime for Color StandedRgb Depth Depth Sensor DepthAndPlayerindex depth data of multipule skeletons SkeletalTracking Tracks Skeletons picks up all the 20 joints nui Initialize RuntimeOptions UseColor RuntimeOptions UseDepth RuntimeOptions UseDepthAndPlayerIndex RuntimeOptions UseSkeletalTracking Runtime object with Color Depth and SkeletalTracking information Create event handlers which handles video depth skeleton nui VideoFrameReady new EventHandler lt ImageFrameReadyEventArgs gt nui_VideoFrameReady VidoeFrame Ready event for video nui DepthFrameReady new EventHandler lt ImageFrameReadyEventArgs gt nui_DepthFrameReady VidoeFrame Ready event for depth add event to rece
7. The follow function allows the head image to overlay the joint postion and keeps it updated void updateHead if activeSkeletonNumber 0 This is saying if no skeleton is being tracked it places the image off the Screen so it is not visible HeadX HeadY 200 200 pase T 7 else Joint jointHead activeSkeleton Joints HeadJoint if a skeleton is being tracked it places the image to the joint ColorImagePoint HeadPoint theKinect MapSkeletonPointToColor jointHead Position ColorImageFormat RgbResolution640x480Fps30 this is the method to get the postion of the video image of the point that is tracked by the image HeadX HeadY HeadPoint X HeadPoint Y HeadVector X HeadX HeadVector Y HeadY This is the update method that keeps the image tracking the point HeadRectangle X HeadX HeadRectangle Width 2 HeadRectangle Y HeadY HeadRectangle Height 2 3 3 3 Other Areas Explored During the early stages of development an Open source version of the SDK was looked into this is call OpenNI NI stands for Naturel Interface Only tutorial s where completed using OpenNl But it was not used as the Beta for the Microsoft Kinect SDK seemed to be the better option at the time 3 3 4 Code tried that was not finished A Menu System was attempted to be implement but unfortunately it could not be completed The code tried to implement is found in the appendix The problem I had with the men
8. There were no books released on Kinect development until January 2012 Open NI was the first choice for development that looked into as this was developed by the hacker community But due to this fact Microsoft released a Beta version of their SDK which was used in the prototype The reason for choosing this was it was less likely to damage the hardware and because it was official better resources available in future When the official SDK was released it allowed for the development of Kinect project using XNA This meant that using XNA any games developed could be deployed to the Xbox 360 Console which is what the Kinect was originally developed for There is an XNA indie games market place but this is only available in the USA not in Ireland XNA is a well developed framework that allows for easy development of games that can be used on multiple windows platforms 2 4 Structure The following sections in this document are as follows System Requirements Here will look at Functional Requirements Non functional Requirements Data Requirements User Requirements Usability Requirements and Environmental Requirements of the system System Design and Architecture This section describes the system design pattern and the overall system architecture System Implementation Here will describe the different stages of my development finial submission prototype submission non working code and other tutorials used System Testing This se
9. objects on screen If there is a delay between the user movements and game movements the user will probably be frustrated and will not enjoy the game Response Time Player movements should happen instantaneously on screen There should be split second delay between player s movement and movement on screen System performance Error Detection messages to inform if there is a problem e g Kinect not detected Game Architecture Should be easily manipulated for future development 3 1 3 Data requirements There are no data requirements needed as no information is stored 3 1 4 User requirements For an Xbox 360 build of the project e Kinect Xbox 360 console unit e Subscription to Xbox Live and the XNA creator club e APCfrom which to transfer the build Page 1 4 There is no Xbox build in this submission For Windows build of the project e A PC with Windows 7 Operating System with a minimum of 2GB of RAM e Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Mobile installed e XNA 4 0 framework installed 3 1 5 Environmental reguirements A minimum of 6 feet between the player and the Kinect sensor is reguired Adeguate lighting is required for the senor to pick you up correctly As movement is required during game play a clear play space is required as you do not want to be fall over or bang in any objects that may be in your way Also ensure that others remain out of harm s way 3 1 6 Usability requirements Unfortunately this
10. to load at times and picks up the skeleton well in the right conditions Missing a lot of component s to be considered a full game But for what is working it works well My conclusion is even though am not happy that it is not fully a finished game I like the fact that saw a lot of people get enjoyment out of it That is the main purpose of a game if you ask me Page 2 1 4 Conclusions Advantages Kinect is the start to a new form of gaming It is also bringing about new wave of enhancements NUI Natural user interface which allows for many potential uses such as moving away from the standard input device e g controller keyboard and mouse by allowing them to use hand movements and voice controls It has allowed me to learn about an upcoming technology during the early phase that feel will have a big impact in the coming future The gaming industry is a huge market and has many job opportunities There are plenty of game development companies in Ireland This experience has allowed me to see in what areas need to increase my knowledge and the difficulties that arise during game development Disadvantages At the Current stage there is still limited resource and during the development of this project nothing was certain As was trying to develop for Kinect Microsoft where trying prefect and build the SDK There is a slow increase of Kinect tutorials which means you are limited in what you can achieve A new version of the S
11. 4 Code tried that was not finished AAA 18 3 4 RT IT 18 3 5 Graphical User Interface GUI Layout om W Waka 19 3 6 Customer TESTING RENE edd ege lidad ANA BAB KSR EKA 20 3 7 Eli iii es Sen ia an Bea 21 D E A RR 22 5 Further development or researcli torte teer diana 23 CNN e lte Le 24 EB 10 et nba an anang EN iE 25 71 Project Proposal EE 25 TE ia 25 PageO 0 Et EE 26 Backgroutid sch scott do e lio ada eed Mo a dl a A dia 26 Technical Approach Rd te eta mette tI 26 Special resources required o WoocoWoWo W Woo mba isses entitas sans ss esent rans assassin 27 Project Plati ttti tete tit taie tes pn e tex dua ue a 28 Technical Details ine Acc Naa A A 29 FINE EE 29 Consultation Lit ti tas 29 Consultation C 29 Proposed Supervisor Henna nah eer A A a ads 29 7 2 Requirement Specification Wook 31 Title Requirements Specification RS 31 uge Lag LL EE 34 e TEE 34 Project S COP EE 34 Definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations W oom oW Waka 34 User requirements definition oooooo oW Woo Week 34 System architecture NEE ee e BNN BNN Na 34 Requirements speciflcatiOn EE 35 Physical environment requirements oWoo W WWW 35 Requirement 1 Play Space 35 DESCTIPtiON S PI OIL yen nian ian EN BANI BEN ANN ANN aaia 35 Reguirement 2 sLighting5 ot rre e EI eas 35 Description amp Priority cemere eire eie exiis e egest
12. EventArgs e stop Events clears everthing nui Uninitialize 7 5 2 MainWindow xaml The below code is what sets the layout for the GUI shown below Window x Class KinectProject MainWindow xmlns http schemas microsoft com winfx 2006 xaml presentation xmlns x http schemas microsoft com winfx 2006 xaml Title MainWindow Height 750 Width 1000 Loaded Window Loaded Closed Window Closed Grid Image Height 150 HorizontalAlignment Left Name vid Stretch Fi11 VerticalAlignment Top Width 198 Margin 39 21 0 0 Sets the frame for the video to 150X198 and adds a margin You can see this is the box on the top left in the GUI layout Slider Height 150 HorizontalAlignment Left Margin 445 21 0 0 Name slider VerticalAlignment Top Width 50 Orientation Vertical Maximum 27 Minimum 27 SmallChange 1 TickPlacement TopLeft Interval 1 IsSnapToTickEnabled True Adds in the slider that allows the degree of the Camera to be set Label Content Binding Path Value ElementName slider Height 61 HorizontalAlignment Right Margin 0 67 416 0 Name label1 VerticalAlignment Top FontSize 36 Width 60 gt Adds the Label to show what dregee the camera angle is set at 50 Page Pare 0 Button Content Set Tilt Height 61 HorizontalAlignment Left Margin 583 67 0 0 Name button1 VerticalAlignment Top Widthz 150 FontSize 28 Click button1 Click Adds
13. features that may be relevant did implement depth data in case the Game is to be turned 3D Did not include any voice features Presentation e Attempted to make a program that would allow gestures to register as keyboard keys To allow me to go through the presentation without touching the keyboard was unsuccessful with this Problems e Little online resources e Books are currently not available on development with Kinect and the earliest release date of one is Dec 2011 44 Page Page 44 Reflective Journal 4 Since the last journal I have spent my time Research e Meet the Kinect An Introduction to Programming Natural User Interfaces Technology in Action by Sean Kean Jonathan Hall and Phoenix Perry Is the first book released about development with Kinect Went through some of the book Still reading it Dose not look as it could be much help e Preformed research as the official SDK is due to be released on the 1 of Feb and there will be changes from the current Beta SDK which I am currently using Problems e Dueto exams not much work could be completed Since the last Journal Reflective Journal 5 Since the last journal have spent my time Research Went through the book Meet the Kinect to expand knowledge of the technology It was not very helpful in terms of what knowledge need to acquire Updated from the beta version of the SDK to the official version of the SDK Reviewed changes made to SDK Went
14. game is not disabled friendly as you need to be able to move around freely and on occasion jump to reach targets Otherwise this game is useable for the ages 3 and up Page 1 5 3 2 Design and Architecture The core of my architecture is based on the classical Model View Controller pattern Instead of the controller being the human it is the XNA Game class that controls everything Update Gets Info Game Graphics Two main game loops take place that the game class executes One of them updates the logic of the game and the other one draws what the player can see For example to draw the skeleton the game needs to know where to draw the skeleton Can it be drawn at that position This is how the logic and draw work together Kinect Architecture Sensor Array Image Stream LS ss Jep RH NUI Library Audio Stream NB This Image was taken from a website but lost the reference It was taken during the beta of the SDK NB The Kinect sends the data collected to the NUI Natural User Interface which converts the raw data into useably data that the application then can use and interact with 3 3 Implementation The implementation of the project was done in two completely different ways from the prototype to the final submission This was due to the fact that there was no official SDK and the Page T 6 technology is so new will explain the Implementation of the prot
15. is more for a younger audience Project Scope The scope of the project is to develop a game that uses the functionality of the Kinect motion sensor The game shall have a fully interactive interface using hand or arm motion It will also have a score system to allow the players to try and beat there score Definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations SDK Software Development Kit User reguirements definition The objective for the game is as follows e A Menu for the user to make selections e The game will have an avatar on screen that will copy all of the user s actions e Multiple avatars to chose from e The avatar will interact with features of the game to allow it to gain a score see how long it can keep a task going for or progress to the next level e Aleader board to save individual high scores Wish List e The game will have a voice control to make selections in menu e Import avatars by scanning objects using Kinect System architecture The System architecture consists of the following components User Interface Xbox 360 Kinect and Database for keeping high scores The main architecture of the system will follow the MVC pattern to ensure that the components of the system are designed independently Figure A in the appendices shows a high level protocol for the project The arrows in the diagram shows the flow of communication between the user and devices The game will be written using the language C 34 Page Page 34
16. need of a controller The aim is that it will be an easy game to use but still fun to play 2 3 Technologies The Kinect motion sensor was the only piece of technology that did not change during the course of the project Due to the fact that this is such new technology and a lot of the software was still only been released during the time span had to develop this project many different SDK s and software were used to develop this game Technologies used in the project e Kinect Motion Sensor e Open NI e Sensor Kinect e NITE These are the early technologies used in the project and are all open source technologies which can be used with any form of OS Windows Mac etc e Kinect SDK Beta Version e Visual Studio 2010 C e NET Framework e DirectX e Microsoft Platform These were used for the prototype of the project it was created as a wpf windows presentation foundation project Page 1 1 e Kinect SDK Official version e Microsoft CH 2010 e CH Language e Microsoft XNA 4 0 framework e Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone e Gimp In the current version of my project due to the fact that the official SDK release date only happening in February these technologies were used for the final submission feel was very limited in the software that was available to me when first started this project There were very few resources available during the start of development as this was such a new technology
17. the Button that actives the senor to move to the angle Set Image Height 150 HorizontalAlignment Left Margin 739 21 0 0 Name dep Stretch Fill VerticalAlignment Top Width 2ee Adds Image to show depth information Canvas Widthz 900 Height 500 Name skeleton Margin 39 178 39 84 Background Black ClipToBounds True gt lt Canvas gt Adds the main area that the Skeleton tracking shows up in Grid Window 7 5 3 GUI Layout for Prototype 2 Ve 0 Set Tilt 51 Page Page 1 7 6 Attempted Code 7 6 1 Input cs using System using System Collections Generic using System Ling using System Text using Microsoft Xna Framework Input namespace XNAGameKinect d public class Input private KeyboardState keyboardState private KeyboardState lastState public Input keyboardState Keyboard GetState lastState keyboardState public void Update lastState keyboardState keyboardState Keyboard GetState public bool RightUp get if Kinect gamestate Kinect GameStates Menu return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys Up amp amp lastState IsKeyUp Keys Up else d return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys Up public bool RightDown get if Kinect gamestate Kinect GameStates Menu d return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys Down amp amp lastState IsKeyUp Keys Down 5 else 5 return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys D
18. through tutorial s using the new official SDK to see the code changes Reflective Journal 6 Since the last journal have spent my time 45 Page Page AD Found tutorial s on how to write use XNA with Kinect Went through the tutorials on how to work Kinect with XNA Started reading I purchased Beginning Kinect programming with the Microsoft Kinect SDK by Jerrett Webb and James Ashley The only other Kinect book available at the moment Reflective Journal 7 Since the last journal I have spent my time Developed what have learned from the tutorials found into my final project This project was using XNA Further research had to be spent learning how XNA works and what ways could use it And practicing tutorials using just XNA without the Kinect 7 4 Other material Used Any other reference material used in the project for example evaluation surveys etc CD containing code should be glued to the technical report 46 Page Page 46 7 5 Prototype Code 7 5 1 MainWindow xaml cs These are the using statements that call the different frameworks used using using using using using using using using using using using using using using using System System Collections Generic System Ling System Text System Windows System Windows Controls System Windows Data System Windows Documents System Windows Input System Windows Media System Windows Media Imaging System Windows Navigation System Wind
19. DK is due for release on the 15 June 2012 The SDK was changed twice during the beta phase and is going to be changed again within a few months of the initial official release Another disadvantage was the fact that games are usually build by team of developers and wide skills set would have been required in order to produce a commercial quality game Opportunities Due to the fact that the official version of the SDK allows for commercial release with my current knowledge further game can be developed and released to potentially earn a profit There are also opportunities to further develop this game this will be discussed in the further development and research section There are many different areas in which the Kinect can be used This means you are not limited to only designing games but also programmes which can be used in schools hospitals and even the armed forces Limits Page di 2 As you have seen there were limited resources available to me this and the fact that the code within the programme had to change with each new version of the SDK lead to the project having to be constantly restarted and left very little time to develop the game fully Even though the disadvantage and limitations of the project were great am still happy that chose to use the Kinect This has been a valuable learning experience and feel have learned a great deal about time management new technologies mistakes I will hope not make again and that
20. May 2012 http forums create msdn com forums 9 May 2012 msdn microsoft com en us library bb198548 28v xnagamestudio 10 29 aspx 13 May 2012 http xnagpa net index php 7 May 2012 clone in xna 4 0 for windows 2 May 2012 http ross warren co uk pon http www xnadevelopment com index shtml 11 May 2012 http rbwhitaker wikidot com xna tutorials 13 May 2012 http www microsoft com en us kinectforwindows develop resources aspx http channel9 msdn com Series KinectQuickstart 14 April 2012 http channel9 msdn com coding4fun kinect 28 April 2012 Page Z 4 7 Appendix 7 1 Project Proposal Project Proposal TITLE Kinect Game Title Undecided Sam Duff x08794715 samduffirl gmail com duff man89 hotmail com BSc Hons in Software Systems Date 23 Sep 11 Paz 5 Objectives The main objective of this project is to provide a game that uses the core functionality of Microsoft Kinect s motion sensor The user will be able to enjoy the game by being the controller and will have a much greater interactive experience than just sitting there with a controller in hand The user will be able to see their full body movements happen on screen If necessary the Kinects voice commands may also be used in game Background The reason decided to create this application is because the Kinect motion senor is very new technology and has become a great interest to the hacking and developer community It is promised to
21. Priority The user can view if he got a high score Reguirement Activation When Leader boards is selected from the main menu Reguirement 3 Change Avatar Description amp Priority This will allow the user to change which avatar represents them in the game Reguirement Activation When characters is selected from the main menu Documentation reguirements A brief user manual will be created to show what poses cause action like pausing the game but instructions will also happen in the game Reguirement 1 User Manual Description amp Priority The user manual will have a list of instructions and poses that preform different actions Non Functional Reguirements Performance Response time reguirement Response time is an important factor as the game will involve the user to react to moving objects on screen If there is a delay between the user movements and game movements the user will probably be frustrated and will not enjoy the game System evolution Over time features such as voice control more minigames and live multiplayer can be added Such features of the Kinect may evolve New features such as finger tracking are coming into use so the game could evolve to use features like this 36 Page Page 3 6 Appendices Use case diagram Play game View High Scores Change Avatar Use case 1 Use case Play Game Scope How the user starts playing the game Description This use case describes the p
22. assed the assignment e that other forms of assessment undertaken in that academic year by the same student be declared void e that other examinations sat by the same student at the same sitting be declared void Further penalties are also possible including Page4 suspending a student college for a specified time expelling a student from college prohibiting a student from sitting any examination or assessment the imposition of a fine and the requirement that a student to attend additional or other lectures or courses or undertake additional academic work Page D Contents 1 Executive Summary sie bian aa hana asha aa bks yank 9 2 ageet e Oe On aia 10 2 1 Backers I MU IT 10 2 2 AIM Sie ab ne edel tes eT teca D ANN Ne RN cec 11 2 3 Re viele le IT 11 2 4 ed le de 12 E SYSTEM anna na BNN BNN NN 14 3 1 Requirements isis 14 3 1 1 Functional requirements ooocooWo W Woo akan 14 3 1 2 Non Functional requirements Woo W makanan 14 3 1 3 Data roads 14 3 1 4 User reg lremaents nina ae nore aan ee ege ee 14 3 1 5 Environmental requirements Woo WWW Wana 15 3 1 6 Usability requirements eret is 15 3 2 Design and Architecture WoooWooc mm Jannah 16 3 3 Impleinientatioh is oet cete Eege ee cte pontes NN ea orta Boe aen Ananta 16 3 3 1 Prototypemplermentation knee Wan a San Soal na 17 3 3 2 Final Submission Implementation Woo kanan 17 3 3 3 Other Areas Explored 0203102120 danes tania 18 3 3
23. be the future of gaming have a keen interest in gaming which is another key factor to way chose this as my project Kinect has a large market as it holds the Guinness world Record for fastest selling consumer electronics device It sold a massive 8 million units in the first 60 Days Technical Approach Once I had my idea for the project began research on the technologies that will be used The platform that my game will need to run on is an Xbox 360 Xbox is the platform that the Kinect was developed for It is also possible to run it on computers with windows The development environment for the project is as follows Hardware Kinect A Computer Software Window 7 Kinect SDK Visual studio 2010 Express Microsoft NET framework 4 0 Programming language used C C Page 2 6 Special resources reguired will require sources to help me with development of the game there are plenty of online sources that will help me Here are examples of some online sources that can be used http research microsoft com en us um redmond projects kinectsdk guides aspx http www kinecteducation com forumdisplay php 12 Kinect Programming Resources http www developerfusion com t kinect Here is a list of books that can be used Hacking with the Microsoft Kinect Beta SDK A guided tour through the world of NUI Paperback David Bates Author Meet the Kinect Programming and Scripting Natural User Interfaces Paperback Sean Kean
24. ct Reflective Journals Student Name Sam Duff Student Number x08794715 Reflective Journal 1 So far in my time spent working on this project I have Set up SDK s As there where many ways to go about working on the project I downloaded the official Beta Kinect SDK Software needed with the beta SDK to build the project was downloaded Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft NET Framework 4 There is also an open source version OpenNI which was also downloaded and explored and researched Tutorials Tutorials and research was done to prepare for development Reflective Journal 2 Since the last journal have spent my time Kinect Research 43 Page Page4 3 chose to do my development with the beta version of the SDK and the follow was done Learned the basics of e skeletal tracking e reading camera data from the Kinect sensor e depth data from Kinect e reading audio data from the Kinect microphone array Also spent time reviewing code samples that where found Problems e had problems with the compatibility of version of software being used which had to be resolved e Books are currently not available on development with Kinect and the earliest release date of one is Dec 2011 Reflective Journal 3 Since the last journal have spent my time Prototype e Started writing code for my project Implemented what have learned to start working with Kinect using the beta version of the SDK e haveonly implemented
25. ction details the methods used to test the system Page 1 2 Graphical User Interface GUI Layout This is where I describe the system GUI and provides diagrams of such Customer Testing will show the methods used for customer testing and results acquired from such System Evaluation Here will evaluation of the system and how this evaluation was conducted Conclusion Here will detail the conclusion of the project such as the advantages and disadvantages opportunities and limitation of the project Further Development and Research This section will discuss further development and research possibilities Bibliography and Appendix The document concludes with a bibliography and Appendix pase T 3 3 System 3 1 Reguirements The following section show all form of reguirements of the system including functional Nonfunctional Data User and Environmental reguirements 3 1 1 Functional requirements The game should effectively load all required resources such as sprites Images for skeletal tracking should not appear on the screen until and human form is detected Error messages should occur if there is a problem with the Kinect sensor The game should correctly identify collision detection to remove sprites when interacted with 3 1 2 Non Functional requirements The following specifies the nonfunctional requirements for the system Response time is an important factor as the game will involve the user to react to moving
26. e case describes the process of how the views the high scores and terminates the system Flow Description Precondition The system is in initialisation mode Activation This use case starts when an the user appears in front of the Kinect sensor and waves to allow the system know they are ready to play Main flow PS DEE The system identifies that there is a person standing in front of the sensor lt E1 gt The system puts a default avatar is put in place The lt Actor gt makes a menu selection by moving their hand to the point of that View high Scores lt A1 gt lt A2 gt The system bring to High Scores page The actor picks to go back to the main menu The system goes back to main menu Alternate flow A1 A2 6 7 8 9 1 6 7 8 9 4 The actor picks Change avatar The system bring to avatar page The actor picks an avatar The system goes back to main menu 0 Use case continues at point 3 The actor picks Play Game The system starts the game The Actor plays the game The system goes back to the menu when the game is lost 0 Use case continues at point 3 Exceptional flow El 1 The system cannot identify there is a person and dose not continue 39 Page Page 9 Termination The system terminates when no player is visible to sensor Post condition The system goes into a wait state Use case 3 Use case View high Scores Scope How the user Views the high scores
27. el Bradford During my meeting with Michael he said to keep the idea simple as it will be a hard project to complete He said a game that is more augmented reality might be a good idea So it will be you playing and your current surroundings with the game added into the screen Proposed Supervisor Names of academic staff member that has agreed to act as a supervisor for this project Pase 9 Sam Duff 27 09 2011 Signature of student and date Page 3 0 7 2 Reguirement Specification Title Reguirements Specification RS Document Control Revision History Version Scope of Activity Prepared Reviewed Approved 14 10 2005 1 Create AB X X 21 10 05 2 Update CD Distribution List Name Title Version Keith Maycock Lecturer II 2 Related Documents Title Comments Title of Use Case Model Title of Use Case Description Page 3 1 Table of Contents 1 Introducir an nana Bika ka 34 1 1 le LEE 34 1 2 Project SCODO entente se ttti tuse ec e ts hetaanat Gres a a a E NB 34 1 3 Definitions Acronyms and Abbreviations oom Woman 34 2 User requirements definition WWW hana 34 3 System El ole TEE 34 4 Requirements specificatiOn sess a EE ERRANT tota 35 41 Physical environment requirements oo Wahana 35 4 1 1 Requirement 1 Play Space oooo Wo Woo W Woman 35 4 1 2 Description amp Priority Wo WWW 35 4 1 3 Requirement 2 Lightin
28. eloped Answer i would like to see future developments i think maybe a level system or some difficulty adjustment and maybe a soundtrack 8 Any Comments Answer i like the game and i think judging by the laughs while playing its fun and cheerful which is what u want from a kinnect game This other example is the answers of a 10 year old 2 How often do you play video games Answer Daily 3 How do you rate the playability of the game Answer Very Good Pase 0 4 How do you rate the Fun Factor of the game Answer Very Good 5 How do you rate the graphics of the game Answer Good 6 How do you rate the overall game Answer Very Good 7 What changes or improvements would you like to see Or would you like to see it further developed Answer yes want to see more bad guys 8 Any Comments Answer its super fun From the results and my observations of people playing feel the younger age group 13 and under have lots of fun with the game and love the jumping around aspect Some of the older age group did not like the game as they felt embarrassed with people watching where other times a good laugh was made while people where playing and watching 3 7 Evaluation The system was evaluated through testing of my own The checklist that was shown in the testing section above was to point out and check if there were any problems The response time of the skeleton where good and the collision detection worked well Bit slow
29. eturn MenulItems index public void DrawMenu SpriteBatch batch int screenWidth SpriteFont arial batch DrawString arial Title new Vector2 screenWidth 2 arial MeasureString Title X 2 20 Color White int yPos 100 for int i 0 i GetNumberOfOptions i d Color colour Color White if i Iterator d 5 batch DrawString arial GetItem i new Vector2 screenWidth 2 arial MeasureString GetItem i X 2 yPos colour yPos 50 colour Color Gray public void DrawEndScreen SpriteBatch batch int screenWidth SpriteFont arial batch DrawString arial InfoText new Vector2 screenWidth 2 arial MeasureString InfoText X 2 300 Color White string prompt Press Enter to Continue batch DrawString arial prompt new Vector2 screenWidth 2 arial MeasureString prompt X 2 400 Color White 54 Page Page 4 5 5 The Menu cs builds a menu that highlights selections 55 Page Vase 5 Hack Attack Questionnaire What age are you How often would you play games Please tick box below Daily Sometimes Weekly Never On a Scale of 1 5 1 been the lowest rating and 5 been the highest rating how would you rate the following after playing Hack Attack Playability Fun Factor Graphics Overall Game What changes or improvement would you like to see with this
30. g ooo W W Wo inenen kanan 35 4 1 4 Description amp e Priority noct e eere Y da a 35 4 2 Interface requirements ooo o Wo WWoWoWo W Weh 35 4 3 Functional req irerments ena eee deer rie eet er eivai A 35 4 3 1 Requirement 1 Start Games 35 4 3 1 1 Description amp Priority 35 4 3 1 2 Requirement Activation 35 4 3 2 Requirement 2 View High Score 36 4 3 2 1 Description amp Priority 36 4 3 2 2 Requirement Activation 36 4 3 3 Requirement 3 Change Avatar 36 4 3 3 1 Description amp Priority 36 4 3 3 2 Requirement Activation 36 4 4 Documentation requirements Wana 36 4 4 1 Requirement 1 User Manual 36 4 4 2 Description SE Priority i eret enero SNN NN yea Ee EN 36 4 5 Non Functional Reguirements oooWo Woo W ana 36 4 5 1 Performance Response time reguirement essere 36 5 St MEN LTE 36 6 Appendices Ea BEN BAN NN ANN ANN NN 37 Page 3 2 6 1 Use case diagram i ett adio e iter eoa ee EEN ende EE 37 6 1 BEP CHI hn am as an an na Kama ana sana 37 6 2 Use A ae NE EN BNN 38 6 3 ET A Hua agan eb ee Hua nga 40 6 4 A RAN NN NN BNN BN Nai 42 Page 3 3 Introduction Purpose The purpose of this document is to set out the reguirements for the development of a game that uses Microsoft s Kinect motion sensor The intended customers are people who have a love for games and are more interested in a more interactive style of playing as the players body will be the controller The age bracket
31. game and would you like to see this game further developed Further Comments 56 Page Page D 6 7 7 Drawn Images that where scanned and edited with gimp NM 57 Page Pare 7
32. ive skeleton data nui SkeletonFrameReady new EventHandler SkeletonFrameReadyEventArgs nui SkeletonFrameReady Runs starts open events nui VideoStream Open ImageStreamType Video 2 ImageResolution Resolution640x480 ImageType Color Starts opens event video nui DepthStream Open ImageStreamType Depth 2 ImageResolution Resolution640x480 ImageType Depth Starts opens event depth This is the code that takes the skeleton data and coverts it to the play space available private Point getDisplayPosition Joint joint float depthx depthy nui SkeletonEngine SkeletonToDepthImage joint Position out depthX out depthY depthX depthX 320 convert to 320 240 space depthY depthY 240 convert to 320 240 space int colorX colorY ImageViewArea iv new ImageViewArea only ImageResolution Resolution640x480 is supported at this point nui NuiCamera GetColorPixelCoordinatesFromDepthPixel ImageResolution Resolution640x480 iv int depthX int depthY short 8 out colorX out colorY map back to skeleton Width amp skeleton Height return new Point int skeleton Width colorX 640 0 int skeleton Height colorY 480 Polyline getBodySegment Microsoft Research Kinect Nui JointsCollection joints Brush brush params JointID ids PointCollection points new PointCollection ids Length for int i 0 i ids Length i 48 Page Page 48 points Add getDisplayPosition joints id
33. nts speciation and any other material which may have been used 2 1 Background There are a number of reasons why decided to develop the above mentioned game The first reason was my keen interest in gaming Game development is an area would like pursue as my future career I feel this is an area I will enjoy to work in but also even in the current economic downturn there is a rapidly growing market in the gaming area If we look at the market share figures from the US for gaming we can see that in 2004 the market share was worth USDS10 3 billion were as in 2011 the market share was worth USDS65 billion also attended the GDC Game Development Conference Ireland event in the Gibsion Hotel on the February 15 2012 knew of some game development companies in Ireland but had the opportunity see many more and to hear about their current projects and speak to some of them in person Such companies include RedWind Havock and Popcap Another reason for choosing the specific area of a Kinect game was to push myself and learn about a new up and coming technology The Kinect was only released November 4 2010 The beta version of the SDK was only released on the June 16 2011 and the official version was only released Feb 1 2012 Kinect actually hold a Guinness world record for being the Fastest selling consumer electronics device They sold a massive 8 million units in the first 60 days of release My console of choice is the Xbox and I have had man
34. o EN 35 Interface ee en EE 35 F rictional requiremlents 5 hee eene his 35 Requirement 1 Start Game iode aan 35 Requirement 2 View High Score 36 Requirement 3 Change Avatars incen ne eerte tuere ee 36 Documentation regulrementzs sess WWW 36 Requirement 1 User Manual 36 Description amp Priority oer e ce Ree ec EE 36 Page Non Functional Requirements Woo WWW mean 36 Performance Response time requirement eese nnne nnne 36 System evolution ot rete eret de e ta eee uns 36 D DE DEES onde i uH 37 SECAS CIARA utet e n t e tue a d e Ea etes duse ea ve dta uve es 37 Use case Tite Gen ang NS SNN un 37 USE Cdse 2 Aa MA oe e eee iei ue eee 38 UCA ER 40 ISIN p LL aascio 42 7 3 Monthly log book rene e eei e pev aeai i Nas 43 7 4 Other material Used ttr tre Re a e ee LR Re RP i 46 7 5 Prototype Codec han an haha mn Be EN REN an 47 7 5 1 MainWindow xamblcs 5 ein eter tte dido Bam naa 47 7 5 2 MainWindowW xatil trio rr tht date 50 7 5 3 GUI Layout for Prototypes seii serienr oeira e ania a iaaa ina aas 51 7 6 Attempted Code se stet et tetti ene 52 7 6 1 INPUT EE 52 7 6 2 ET 53 7 7 Drawn Images that where scanned and edited with gimp ooWoooo 57 Page 1 Executive Summary Hack Attack is a 2D Kinect game that was built using XNA The game is about a robot trying to kill off all of the virus s within a computer mainframe The
35. otype and the final submission will also provide code that was tried to implement features that did not work 3 3 1 Prototype Implementation During the early stages of development due to fact there was no Official SDK a beta version of the SDK was used The code was written in C using Microsoft Visual Studios 2010 and was built as a WPF Windows Presentation Foundation application There are 4 main functions in the prototype RGB Camera Camera Tilt Depth Perception Skeletal Tracking This code is in the appendix and is explained It is commented to explain what each part dose 3 3 2 Final Submission Implementation The final submission of the project was built using the XNA framework and used the Official Kinect SDK It was written in CH and uses the XNA Framework and the Kinect Official SDK Images tracking skeleton points Here is a code segment taken from the Kinect cs class All explanations of the code will be in the format that follows in these brackets Comments Explanation will be like this This code segment allows for mapping images to a point of the Kinect Skeleton This code can be found in the avatar management region The Head Image is held as a texture in the game Texture2D HeadTexture Rectangle HeadRectangle The position is held as an integer and a vector public int HeadX HeadY public Vector2 HeadVector JointType HeadJoint JointType Head Creates HeadJoint variable which tracks to the head
36. oulderRight JointID ElbowRight JointID WristRight HandRight Skeleton Children Add getBodySegment data Joints brush HipCenter JointID HipLeft JointID KneeLeft JointID AnkleLeft FootLeft Skeleton Children Add getBodySegment data Joints brush HipCenter JointID HipRight JointID KneeRight JointID AnkleRight FootRight Draw joints foreach Joint joint in data Joints Point jointPos getDisplayPosition joint Line jointLine new Line jointLine X1 jointPos X 3 jointLine X2 jointLine X1 6 jointLine Y1 jointLine Y2 jointPos Y jointLine Stroke jointColors joint ID jointLine StrokeThickness 6 skeleton Children Add jointLine iSkeleton for each skeleton 49 Page Page dO private void button1 Click object sender RoutedEventArgs e Set angle to the slider value nui NuiCamera ElevationAngle int slider Value void nui_DepthFrameReady object sender ImageFrameReadyEventArgs e d throw new NotImplementedException Use Coding4Fun class on ImageFrame class for Depth dep Source e ImageFrame ToBitmapSource void nui_VideoFrameReady object sender ImageFrameReadyEventArgs e Creates BitmapSource for Video PlanarImage image e ImageFrame Image vid Source BitmapSource Create image Width image Height 96 96 PixelFormats Bgr32 null image Bits image Width image BytesPerPixel private void Window_Closed object sender
37. own 52 Page Page 2 public bool LeftUp get if Kinect gamestate Kinect GameStates Menu d return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys W 88 lastState IsKeyUp Keys W else d return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys W public bool LeftDown get if Kinect gamestate Kinect GameStates Menu return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys S 88 lastState IsKeyUp Keys S else d return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys S public bool MenuSelect get d return keyboardState IsKeyDown Keys Enter 88 lastState IsKeyUp Keys Enter This Code was to allow me to have Keyboard States when using the Menu 7 6 2 Menu cs namespace XNAGameKinect using System Collections Generic using Microsoft Xna Framework using Microsoft Xna Framework Graphics public class Menu private List string Menultems private int iterator public string InfoText get set public string Title get set 53 Page Page D 3 public int Iterator d get d return iterator set iterator value if iterator gt MenuItems Count 1 iterator MenuItems Count 1 if iterator 0 iterator 0 public Menu Title Hack Attack MenuItems new List lt string gt Menultems Add Play Game MenuItems Add Exit Game Iterator 0 InfoText string Empty public int GetNumberOfOptions return MenuItems Count public string GetItem int index r
38. ows Shapes Microsoft Research Kinect Audio Added in to load the Kinect Audio Functions Microsoft Research Kinect Nui Added in to load the Kinect Natural User Interface functions using Coding4Fun Kinect Wpf The Coding for fun toolkit adds in adds in shorted methods namespace KinectProject lt summary gt Interaction logic for MainWindow xaml lt summary gt public partial class MainWindow Window 29 public MainWindow d InitializeComponent Runtime nui new Runtime Kinect Runtime Sets each of the 20 joints tracked to a different colors Dictionary JointID Brush jointColors new Dictionary JointID Brush gt JointID HipCenter new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 169 176 155 JointID Spine new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 169 176 155 JointID ShoulderCenter new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 168 230 JointID Head new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 200 0 JointID ShoulderLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 79 84 33 JointID ElbowLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 84 33 42 JointID WristLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 255 126 JointID HandLeft new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 215 86 0 JointID ShoulderRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 33 79 84 JointID ElbowRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 33 33 84 JointID WristRight new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 77 109 243
39. player interacts with the game by using their own body movements and the on screen avatar copies them He must use his fists to punch the virus away The game was developed by using the XNA framework and the Kinect SDK XNA allows for games to be built in CH Game development can take place for windows windows mobile and Xbox 360 The gaming market is constantly increasing Emerging tools like Kinect and XNA can be used to build interactive games Page 9 2 Introduction In this report will talk about Hack Attack a game I built that uses Microsoft s Kinect Sensor The game tracks the player s body movements by pinpointing 20 joints on the player s body An onscreen avatar copies all body movements made Therefore there is no need for a controller as your body acts as a controller In this document I will go through the background of why I chose this topic and the aims the project should complete will talk about the technologies that were used and the system requirements that the project should comply to Other topics will cover will include the design and architecture of the system How the system was implemented and the testing that was carried out which includes customer testing An evaluation of the system and finally my conclusions to the project will also include a bibliography to reference were my research was taken from There will also be an appendix which will include learner journals my original project proposal requireme
40. rocess of how the player plays the game and terminates the system Flow Description Precondition The system is in initialisation mode Activation This use case starts when an the user appears in front of the Kinect sensor and waves to allow the system know they are ready to play Main flow 1 The system identifies that there is a person standing in front of the sensor lt E1 gt The system puts a default avatar is put in place 3 The lt Actor gt makes a menu selection by moving there hand to the point of that start game lt A1 gt lt A2 gt 4 The system starts the game m 37 Page Page 3 7 5 The Actor plays the game 6 The system goes back to the menu when the game is lost Alternate flow A1 The actor picks Change avatar The system bring to avatar page The actor picks an avatar The system goes back to main menu Use case continues at point 3 VU qos qose A2 The actor picks View high Scores The system bring to High Scores page The actor picks to go back to the main menu The system goes back to main menu Use case continues at point 3 GI ES OR Exceptional flow E1 1 The system cannot identify there is a person and dose not continue Termination The system terminates when no player is visible to sensor Post condition The system goes into a wait state Use case 2 Use case View high Scores Scope How the user Views the high scores 38 Page Page 3 8 Description This us
41. s i Polyline polyline new Polyline polyline Points points polyline Stroke brush polyline StrokeThickness 1 return polyline void nui_SkeletonFrameReady object sender SkeletonFrameReadyEventArgs e if there is multiple skeletons changes the color of the different skeletons JointID JointID JointID JointID JointID JointID JointID JointID JointID SkeletonFrame skeletonFrame e SkeletonFrame int iSkeleton 0 Brush brushes new Brush 6 brushes 0 new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 255 0 0 brushes 1 new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 0 255 0 brushes 2 new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 64 255 255 brushes 3 new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 255 255 64 brushes 4 new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 255 64 255 brushes 5 new SolidColorBrush Color FromRgb 128 128 255 skeleton Children Clear foreach SkeletonData data in skeletonFrame Skeletons d if SkeletonTrackingState Tracked data TrackingState d Draw bones between Joints Brush brush brushes iSkeleton brushes Length Skeleton Children Add getBodySegment data Joints brush HipCenter JointID Spine JointID ShoulderCenter JointID Head skeleton Children Add getBodySegment data Joints brush ShoulderCenter JointID ShoulderLeft JointID ElbowLeft JointID WristLeft HandLeft skeleton Children Add getBodySegment data Joints brush ShoulderCenter JointID Sh
42. simply the background and two of the enemy s shown loaded in and a players avatar in the middle game When the Player is detected the skeleton is drawn and Images are mapped to locations such as head Hands and feet It is a natural interface as the hands are moved to remove the objects from screen Page 1 9 3 6 Customer testing A list of short guestion where done up to ask potential customers after trying the game would they have interest in this type of game or what changes or further development they would like to see be made Members of the public helped to test my game Some members filled out a paper guestionnaire and the same guestionnaire was also done up on SurveyMonkey which other people filled out The following is a link to the survey http www surveymonkey com s 9GLGF6J This link was not publicly sent around it was sent in message to people who played the game Also a paper version can be found in the appendix and it is titled Hack Attack Ouestionnaire have taken one example of a 22 year old to show what they thought of the game 2 How often do you play video games Answer Daily 3 How do you rate the playability of the game Answer Good 4 How do you rate the Fun Factor of the game Answer Good 5 How do you rate the graphics of the game Answer Ok 6 How do you rate the overall game Answer Good 7 What changes or improvements would you like to see Or would you like to see it further dev
43. to include any piece of work submitted for assessment Paraphrasing refers to taking the ideas words or work of another putting it into your own words and crediting the source This is acceptable academic practice provided you ensure that credit is given to the author Plagiarism refers to copying the ideas and work of another and misrepresenting it as your own This is completely unacceptable and is prohibited in all academic institutions It is a serious offence and may result in a fail grade and or disciplinary action All sources that you use in your writing must be acknowledged and included in the reference or bibliography section If a particular piece of writing proves difficult to paraphrase or you want to include it in its original form it must be enclosed in quotation marks and credit given to the author When referring to the work of another author within the text of your project you must give the author s surname and the date the work was published Full details for each source must then be given in the bibliography at the end of the project Penalties for Plagiarism If it is suspected that your assignment contains the work of others falsely represented as your own it will be referred to the college s Disciplinary Committee Where the Disciplinary Committee makes a finding that there has been plagiarism the Disciplinary Committee may recommend e that a student s marks shall be reduced e that the student be deemed not to have p
44. u integration was getting the objects to be Visible or not Visible to tell if they are onscreen or not This is done with a bools and gamestates will provide the code segments for building the menu and working behind to tell when to change screens 3 4 Testing Due to the fact that the Kinect is a natural interface all testing had to be done by trying out the game there was not specific tool used to test the system The ways a list set out to check where certain aspects working Object Loading and moving across screen Ok Skeleton Loading when person detected Some problems with other objects being picked up Collision Detection Working with both hands Some problems with unreachable points due to objects in the way Sound Working Yes sound on collision OK Page T 8 Avatar Loading Yes Images don t run flush Error Detection Yes Display message when there is no Kinect detected Points System Not working Not appearing onscreen Menu Not working Not loading This is an example of a check list would have used during the different stages of development 3 5 Graphical User Interface GUI Layout sThere was no proper GUI added into the game and the most Kinect applications would have a NUI Natural User Interface Instead of a GUI as natural things like body movements or voice activation would act as inputs This is a screenshot of the game as it was submitted with the detection of a person Itis
45. y hours of fun playing with the Kinect games available have witnessed first hand the easy at which both young and old have when using Kinect and also how much fun is involved When Kinect first came on the market could see the potential it had and now a year down the line it has started taking full advantage of the capability that the technology has Page 1 0 Other Technologies where considered like the Wii or Playstation Move which both use motion technologies But these technologies did not have as much functionality that could be used whereas with the Kinect you track many different elements with no need for a hand held controller These can include skeletal tracking depth precision voice control and a standard camera Due to the fact that the Kinect is Microsoft technology there is a good possibility in the future that it will have a great impact on PC s as well 2 2 Aims The aim of the project was to build a 2D interactive game This game would be more aimed towards children but can be played by all age groups The reasoning behind this is that in my personal experiences older generations are happy to sit holding a controller in their hand whereas younger kids appreciate being interactive with the game and would be have more fun jumping around while a game The aim would be to have an on screen avatar that would copy all movements made by the player The player would be able to interact with objects that appear on the screen without the
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