It is super easy to set up the Kinect in LabVIEW. In Begin.vi open up two joysticks with the inputs being "Kinect 1" and "Kinect 2". The Kinect is already set up to act as a joystick.
Scroll down to the Kinect sections of this document
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2012_Assets/Getting%20Started%20with%20the%202012%20FRC%20Cont rol%20System_2.pdf to find out how to set up the Kinect and find out what gestures correspond to which buttons.