That's a tough call. To install the old driver that degrade the performance of the kinectV2 or keep the new driver that enhance the Kinectv2 more effectively, but doesn't work with Iclone mocap kinect system? The new driver allows the use of multiple kinectv2, while there is no plan for further programming using the latest driver or development of kinectv2 or the new azure kinectv4. I'll have to think about that! But basically because of the naming of driver there is no way to for the program to use its own driver without conflicting the other programs driver using the latest driver.

Unfortunately not. It can only work with a single Kinect camera.


                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

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Sadly as Microsoft decided to discontinue the Kinect For Xbox One, there is no easy solution unless you have two computers which could run different drivers. If not, it really is a case of deciding what will be the primary use of the Kinect. Many customers only use the Kinect for iClone which is why we continue to sell the Plugin.


                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

I have a spare pavillion 21 quad core 1.5 GH amd chip, 8GB memory.
Can I have 2 installment of Iclone on each machine, and is that fast enough to try out kinect mocap?

I think my trial period is over! I guess I am going to assume that I am not missing much. The lackadaisical response pretty much says it all. I'm glad at least they didn't hype the sell and was honest about their enthusiasm for the product in this case. You got to respect that!
Kind of remind me of waiting on tables, sometimes you have a bad product and you try to not push for the sale and steer them to another direction instead.

I have 2 computer to drive one product that uses both computer. I don't know if my third computer is up to task for the kinect mocap.

i will likely use this product a lot in the future, if you've ever tried 3d animation by painstakingly editing keyframes manually you know how laborious a process it is
Right now i'm trying to
1) get the nitty gritty of the vanilla CC3 and iC7 interface nailed before i move on
2) take advantage of the coronavirus coupon while its still redeemable.

The specs you give don't include the graphics card which is the most important piece of hardware. Please let us know which graphics card you have.

You can have iClone installed on two computers but only one may be in use at a time with a single license. If you want to use iClone on both computers at the same time then you need two licenses.


                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com

I have just purchased a Kinect V2 for use with IClone 7. I have downloaded the trials of Motion Live and Mocap Device plug in and only installed this plug in as when I installed Kinect V2 for Windows it would not work with Mocap plug in and reading here they interfere with the plug in, so having followed all the advice and only installing the plug in, I continue to get this message: Connecting to Mocap Device

You first need to make sure your Kinect is working with Windows.  You should look this up on the web (I don't have time) but basically there is an MS app or Window you can bring up and it will show all the Kinect diagnostics as well as give you advice on what to do to fix it.  If Kinect isn't working then it won't work with any other software (and there are lots of things you need to do to get Windows Kinect to work - it's a royal PITA and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy).

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Mike "ex-genius" Kelley

Hi Jody

If you have downloaded the Kinect Mocap Plug-in Trial then you will find the zip contains three versions of the Plug-in. The one you need for a Kinect V2 is the "Mocap_Plug_in_Kinect_XboxOne_trial.exe". This contains everything you need so no other versions of the plug-in should be installed.

You will also need to ensure the Kinect is plugged into a dedicated USB 3 socket that is not being shared with any other device due to the power requirements.

If you then still have problems, please double check that you have the Kinect V2 and not the Kinect V1. The Kinect V2 (aka Kinect For Xbox One) looks like the image below. You will also need to have the Kinect PC Adapter which is also shown below.






                                                                

Peter
Forum Administrator

www.reallusion.com