前言
首先,讲个故事:
PrimeSense公司成立于2005年,Kinect深度相机中的深度感知技术是PrimeSense这个公司提供的。
2010年PrimeSense公司发布了自己的开源驱动和运动跟踪的中间软件,叫做NITE,后来还和华硕公司一起合作,说要在2012年发布一个和Kinect类似的设备叫做,Xtion。
而有一个组织叫OpenNI,他们搞了个同名软件包OpenNI,用来对一些自然交互设备进行认证并且改善交互性。OpenNI的幕后赞助大佬就有一个是PrimeSense。不过在2013年,苹果公司确定收购了PrimeSense公司。
不知是否为收购导致的原因还是一直就存在的问题,反正ubuntu环境下openni对Kinect的支持有点问题。
PrimeSense:
PrimeSense, who was founding member of OpenNI, shutdown the original OpenNI project when it was acquired by Apple on November 24, 2013; since then Occipital and other former partners of PrimeSense are still keeping a forked version of OpenNI 2 (OpenNI version 2) active as an open source software, primary for their own Structure SDK (Software Development Kit) which is used by their Structure Product.
NITE:
In December 2010, PrimeSense, whose depth sensing reference design Kinect is based on, released their own open source drivers along with motion tracking middleware called NITE.
PrimeSense later announced that it had teamed up with Asus to develop a PC-compatible device similar to Kinect, which will be called Wavi Xtion and is scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2012.
OpenNI(Open Natural Interaction)
OpenNI is an industry-led non-profit organization and open source software project focused on certifying and improving interoperability of natural user interfaces and organic user interfaces