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Gestures and body detection
Are there additional types of gestures which can be programmed into the hololens, also give microsoft's history with the kinect is there a way to do skeleton/ body tracking with the hololens?
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In the docs it mentions:
"Your app can recognize more than just individual presses and releases. By combining presses and releases with movement of your hand or using a clicker, you can perform more complex gestures"You might also want to checkout:
For more info on how you can process gestures and hand tracking.
As for the skeleton and body tracking question the current version of HoloLens does not expose any skeleton or body tracking api (related to either the device user or other people the environment) but it has been mentioned that you could set up an environment that includes a Kinect and use its skeleton and body tracking capability.
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In the docs it mentions:
"Your app can recognize more than just individual presses and releases. By combining presses and releases with movement of your hand or using a clicker, you can perform more complex gestures"
You might also want to checkout:
For more info on how you can process gestures and hand tracking.
As for the skeleton and body tracking question the current version of HoloLens does not expose any skeleton or body tracking api (related to either the device user or other people the environment) but it has been mentioned that you could set up an environment that includes a Kinect and use its skeleton and body tracking capability.
Windows Holographic User Group Redmond
WinHUGR.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @WinHUGR
WinHUGR YouTube Channel -- live streamed meetings