OpenNI

OpenNI or Open Natural Interaction is an industry-led, not-for-profit organisation focused on certifying and improving interoperability of natural interaction devices, applications that use those devices and middleware that facilitates access and use of such devices ^[1].

History

The organisation has been created on November 2010 ^[2], with the website going public on December 8th ^[3]. One of the main members is PrimeSense, the company behind the technology used in the Kinect.

Natural Interaction Devices

Natural Interaction Devices or Natural Interfaces ^[4] are devices that capture body movements and sounds to allow for a more natural interaction of users with computers ^[5] in the context of a Natural user interface. The Kinect and Wavi Xtion are examples of such devices.

OpenNI Framework

The OpenNI framework provides a set of open source APIs. These APIs are intended to become a standard for applications to access natural interaction devices. The API framework itself is also sometimes referred to by the name OpenNI.

The APIs provide support for ^[6]

• Voice and voice command recognition
• Hand gestures
• Body Motion Tracking

References

1. ^ "About". openni.org. http://www.openni.org/?q=node/1. Retrieved 5 Jan 2011. 
2. ^ "News". openni.org. http://www.openni.org/?q=node/3. Retrieved 5 Jan 2011. 
3. ^ Madhav K (9 Dec 2010). "OpenNI Standard Launched". kinecthacks.net. http://kinecthacks.net/openni-standard-launched/. Retrieved 5 Jan 2011. 
4. ^ "Natural Interaction and the Transformation of the Living Room Experience". primesense.com. http://www.primesense.com/?p=1101. Retrieved 5 Jan 2011. 
5. ^ Uzi Breier (2 Sep 2010). "Natural Interaction and transformation of the living room experience". v-net.tv. http://www.v-net.tv/blog.aspx?id=498. Retrieved 5 Jan 2011. 
6. ^ OpenNI User Guide, http://www.openni.org/images/stories/pdf/OpenNI_UserGuide.pdf, retrieved 17 Jan 2011 

External links

• openni.org