Alessio Mazzucco

I have a question on MAX. Briefly, me and my team, we are setting up a video composed by a number TBD of clips; each clip can be triggered by people making specific gesture (or occupying specific areas) in front of the screen. We consider Kinect system as a good solution, but we wanted to know if MAX may be used for the same goal.

From what I saw, MAX requires objects to trigger the interaction; would it be the same using parts of the body (specifically, the hands)?

Hi All,
I have a question on MAX. Briefly, me and my team, we are setting up a video composed by a number TBD of clips; each clip can be triggered by people making specific gesture (or occupying specific areas) in front of the screen. We consider Kinect system as a good solution, but we wanted to know if MAX may be used for the same goal. 

Hi All,
I have a question on MAX. Briefly, me and my team, we are setting up a video composed by a number TBD of clips; each clip can be tri

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Sounds like with Max and a Kinect, you'll be able to do all of what you're describing and much more (as long as you're using a PC, not a Mac - I wouldn't advise to go the Kinect route with a Mac).

Thanks for the reply! My question is: would Max substitute Kinect without any problem? I mean, Kinect is perfect to catch user's movements and create the interaction. Would Max catch body's movement like Kinect does?

Kinect is a specific device that measure the depth map of the venue you are in, with all its limitations (not far than 4.5 meters, lens angle etc...just google it), Max is a programming environment capable of analyzing the depth map in various ways or giving you the specific position of skeletal joints (dp.kinect object is the most complete solution you have, only for windows).

Without a Kinect and with a normal RGB camera, you can still be able to analyze the luma via so called Computer Vision techniques such as Blob Tracking or Optical Flow and using some background removal stuff (openCV porting called cv.jit, you can find it in the package).

So long story short: without a Kinect you can still program computer vision based interaction using every camera you want, but without taking advantage of the depth map, skeletal tracking etc...

Kinect is a specific device that measure the depth map of the venue you are in, with all its limitations (not far than 4.5 meters, lens angle etc...just google it), Max is a programming environment capable of analyzing the depth map in various ways or giving you the specific position of skeletal joints (dp.kinect object is the most complete solution you have, only for windows).

Without a Kinect and with a normal RGB camera, you can still be able to analyze the luma  via so called Computer Vision techniques such as Blob Tracking or Optical Flow and using some background removal stuff (openCV porting called cv.jit, you can find it in the package).

So long story short: without a Kinect you can still program computer vision based interaction using every camera you want, but without taking advantage of the depth map, skeletal tracking etc...

Yes, try the cv.jit package (along with basic computer vision theory) and you might find it well suited to your application. Comparison with using a Kinect depends on your application.

Currently, the best way to use a Kinect connected to Max seems to be through Dale Phurrough's objects: https://hidale.com/shop/dp-kinect/

I don't think you can trigger videos with Kinect. Kinect is a sening system that only sends information about people to programs or interfaces. Max can receive all the data Kienct sends and then you can do whatever yo want with the data, trigger videos for instance or paly music etc. If you want to use only Max, it is possible but you have to substitute the Kinect with another sensing system, a camera for example. In other words Kinect and Max are complementary and do not substitute each other.

I don't think you can trigger videos with Kinect. Kinect is a sening system that only sends information about people to programs or interfaces.  Max can receive all the data Kienct sends  and then you can do whatever yo want with the data, trigger videos for instance or paly music etc. If you want to use only Max, it is possible but you have to substitute the Kinect with another sensing system, a camera for example. In other words Kinect and Max are complementary and do not substitute each other.

Would you recommend MaxMSP for video interaction?