MSagent and Kinect

[Christian]

Hi!

I know that VC's main purpose is voice, but since it is possible to use msagents and the kinect, it would be fun to have the posibility to combine the functionality so the msagent's eyes could follow you around and when you leave your position.

Like;
Leaving the sofa - msagent looks at your new position.
Leaving the room - msagent looks sad.
Point finger at cam - msagent looks scared

[jitterjames]

there are lots of fun little things that could be done, but I'm personally not motivated because in my tests the Kinect

a) gets confused alot unless you are standing in a open area
b) is a terrible cpu hog.  Not a good thing for an htpc IMO
c) generally does a pretty non-stellar job of dealing with audio and or voice.

The eye following thing could actually be done without the CPU hit by tracking the sound source as opposed to tracking your skeleton with the camera, since it is the video tracking that uses all the processing power.