January 2, 2024

14 thoughts on “MMD: Kinect and shaders practice

  1. Ha ha ha ha haha!!!! It looks like Maiko flapping her wings like a chicken! So which one of the 3 video’s was you dancing? Was you the one flapping your wings? LOL

    The the first Kinect was not the best at tracking very fast movement. Also soon Microsoft will release a special plug to connect a Kinect 2.0 of the Xbox one into a PC. That KInect 2.0 is far better than the first one.

    Microsoft solve the problem with motion tracking in a very fast movement of the body… so they say? This is a tech demo of the Kinect 2.0.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWzjn656kb4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FUfFkHRnQ

    Here are the result vs both the Kinect 1 and the new Kinect 2.

    1. I think mmd uses the kinect differently though. it doesn’t behave the save way even compared to some of the xobx360 games. I think my little kinect sports avatar even move better. I’ll have to check later if anyone makes something for mmd that uses the newer kinect 2

  2. Ah, I see in the second video that Maiko has learned the mating ritual dance of the chicken people who reside deep in Dove Forest next to Crane Lake, just below Eagle Mountain.

  3. Those shaders really do add a special kind of smooth fluidity to the MMDs, I think continuing to tinker with them could make your MMDs just that much better!
    Also, I like those kinect motion tracks, however goofy they may be. I’m not sure what you intend to do with them but I expect it to be great XD

    1. Thanks there are some things I can try to make the motions fairly decent but we’ll see. Should have some new videos on the next post.

  4. Em algum momento a uns anos atrás, eu disse que você ia fazer danças sensuais em frente ao kinect para fazer os MMD… Bem vejo que você finalmente fez isso. XDDDDDDDDDDD

    1. Not sure this qualifies as sexy XD. if you think a chicken dance is sexy lol.
      The camera just has some interesting angles. I might make a few more videos of raw motion capture.
      But now I can understand why you don’t see many kinect mmd motions.

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