Xbox Kinect SDK 2.0 - Get onboard accelerometer data

TL_749 · Jul 26, 2022

Hello,

I've been using the Kinect SDK 2.0 to perform depth mapping and would like to get the accelerometer data from the Kinect 2.0 in C++. I haven't found any SDK documentation so any help would be appreciated. I installed the Depth Basics-D2D solution and built/ran it in Visual Studio and it worked, which was excellent, but I still wasn't able to find how to get the onboard accelerometer data. If anyone could help, that'd be great!

Note - I tried looking at the functions available in the IKinectSensor object in DepthBasics.cpp called m_pKinectSensor however it has no accelerometer functions (here are some of the functions in the objects:

Thank you!

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Geri M.

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WPAK

Hi there,

from what I can find is that you need to use the SDK version that is suited for the first Kinect sensor (the 360 one)

and I think this is the latest:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40278

The SDK 2.0 version is meant for the new Kinect sensor that for example came with the Xbox One console, so different hardware and it requires that newer sensor (so not the 360 one)

Starseid

The Kinect line has been permanently discontinued as of 2017 and has no plans to be revisited unfortunately. The device can still be utilized with adapters (or with a little ingenuity) with limited capabilities on PC through the Kinect 2.0 SDK.

But as for any use on Xbox Series S/X, it is highly unlikely to happen.

JagLau

Are you pointing the two IR LEDs on the front of the controller at the Kinect when shaking? It's looking for movement, not sensing with an accelerometer.

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Xbox Kinect SDK 2.0 - Get onboard accelerometer data