The Azure Kinect sensor SDK requires Kinect to connect directly to pc via usb, but it's not appropriate to me. Is it posible to use something like raspberry pi to transfer kinect sensor data and process on a remote server? Do you have any suggestions for this?
I found the Kinect sdk does not support ARM architecture(raspberry pi)，what other device can I use?
Processing the depth camera image requires GPU compute, so we don't currently support headless operation. There are some users that have successfully enabled headless operation on Linux, but it is not a straight forward path. See https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/issues/810 for more info.
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I'm trying to use the feed from all Azure Kinect cameras in other apps (e.g. iMotions, OBS).
Unfortunately, there is only one camera available on the device manager, under "Camera > Azure Kinect 4K Camera" while the other cameras appear under "Universal Serial Bus devices".
I would expect to see them all under "Camera". Can you please provide further details on how to solve this problem.
Also, note that:
I can see all the cameras in the Azure Kinect Viewer but cannot use the feed in other apps.
The firmware is the latest one.
I'm using a usb 3.0 port
Thanks in advance
I made a custom USB sensor device that runs on a Windows 8.1 / 10 desktop computer using the WinUSB driver (I implemented Microsoft extended USB descriptors in device firmware to automatically install the driver when the device connected).
Can I use a WinUSB device on HoloLens2? Or, if there is no WinUSB support on HoloLens2, how can I use my USB device with a “custom USB device class”?
At the moment, I do not have a hololens2, but I need to understand how the USB works on it.
Edit: I found this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hololens-connect-devices#hololens-2-connect-usb-c-devices
It says that hololens2 supports the following device classes:
Mass storage devices (such as thumb drives)
Ethernet adapters (including ethernet plus charging)
USB-C-to-3.5mm digital audio adapters
USB-C digital audio headsets (including headset adapters plus charging)
Wired mouse
Wired keyboard
Combination PD hubs (USB A plus PD charging)
My device does not implement any of these classes (custom class). Is there a chance to make it work on hololens2?
I finally tested my code and USB device on real Hololens 2. The USB device works great there because Hololens2 supports WinUSB! The WinUSB driver was installed automatically (my device has WinUSB descriptors).
According to the documentation you referred, all classes HoloLens2 supports have been listed, and unlisted classes are not supported.
Could you provide more information about your business request and submit a feature request via feedback hub on new feature request to be considered in future releases of HoloLens OS and devices?
If it’s a hot impacted feature, it will be possible to be given priority to jump in the development schedule. Actually, the existing classed on HoloLens 2 are also based on user’s feedback in such way.
For how to post feedback request, you can follow this doc: Send feedback to Microsoft with the Feedback Hub app.
So I've got a few Kinect v2s and am hoping to set up an array of them to get a 3D recording of an area in space (Eventual goal is to build a 360 image from multiple point clouds) But at the moment I can't even get one working on a machine.
I've installed the official SDK onto a windows 10 device and when opening the kinect studio I get nothing but a grey screen when connected to the kinect. Running the kinect configuration verfier says the USB controller is unknown and the system is waiting for the kinect to respond. The kinect itself does not light up, and it's cooling fan does not turn on.
I have reinstalled the SDK, tried 3 different kinects, tried various drivers and troubleshooting guides, and still cannot get anything out of the kinect.
The best answer I've found is that only some controllers are compatible, but every PC I have tried (currently 5 machines) have "Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)" So basically do I really have to get a PCI USB controller or another machine, or is there any way to get the current system to work with the kinect v2 at all.
Also if I do need to buy a new device or PCI card are there any recommended for a setup that would idealy run 4-5 kinects?
Unfortunately, the Kinect V2 prevents you from simultaneously running more than one Kinect on a system:
Sensor Acquisition and Startup
Kinect for Windows supports one sensor, which is called the default sensor. The KinectSensor Class has static members to help configure the Kinect sensor and access sensor data.
Kinect API Overview
A workaround that I've used in the past is to have 1 computer for every Kinect (doesn't have to be fancy, just enough to run it) and then network all the machines together with a router. Designate one machine to be the controlling machine (handles turning on/off of other Kinects). Depending on what you plan on doing to the data, it may be helpful to have those other machines perform some pre-processing and leave the stitching off all the Kinects' feeds up to the controlling machine.
As far as the USB controller goes, I'm running Kinect v2 on that exact one, so other than that malfunctioning, I think you're fine. Have you tried running the "Kinect v2 Configuration Verifier" to see what it suggests? Kinect v2 Configuration Verifier
I use webcam-capture(java api) to get video stream from a usb camera, it work fine.
I want read a usb device descriptor(store some private information), i find out that should install WinUSB or libusbk as a driver to the usb devices. and it test ok, read the descriptor success (by libusb_control_transfer api)
the question is:
befor I install WinUSB, the usb camera is a camera device in the windows device management list. the LibUSB work fail, can't open the usb devices, the error number is -5, means entrypoin not find
after I install WinUSB, libUSB api work ok, but the webcam program can't open the usb devices, it is a universal usb device in the windows device management list.
is there some way the webcam work ok, at the same time, i can read the usb device descriptor use libusb or use other something?
i tested on windows 7 and windows 8, have the same problem.
thanks.
Sadly this is not possible because each of your applications needs a different driver. The only way this can work is if you use libusb and build you own capturing api on top which is quite complicated. As long as webcam-capture can not read the data you want to know about the webcam I am afraid this is not possible.
I have done this when running Debian using gpsd. But when running Windows IoT preview...what is a way to get the NMEA sentences off an attached GPS (on the USB port). Is that kind of support around yet?
Currently this support is not yet available but it is being actively developed. Furthermore the Geolocator API is broken. Unfortunately I don't have an ETA for this but its coming.
Mark Radbourne (MSFT)