Programming with the Kinect/Accessing depth measurements

[Programs-R-us]

I know that the Kinect has a way to read depth, and I'm unsure of the other measurements it can take, but is there a way that we could get those measurements into the program? Our goal is to use the measurements to have the bot calculate the distance and angle needed to make a proper shot, to help with alignment. Any help with that?

[Greg McKaskle]

I'd suggest using MS Visual Studio Express to open the Skeleton Viewer solution. The code will open the depth stream to the skeleton view plus do lots of other things. You can then start to turn off the stuff you don't really want such as the skeleton.

You don't mention a language choice, but the Kinect API from MS is accessible from C# and C++. Wrappers can be released for other tools, but I'd start with one of those for your initial exploration.

Greg McKaskle