obs-kinect vs Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK

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obs-kinect		Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK
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10	Mentions	5
413	Stars	1,458
-	Growth	0.9%
4.9	Activity	0.0
13 days ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
C++	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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obs-kinect

Posts with mentions or reviews of obs-kinect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-25.

Background segmentation
1 project | /r/kinect | 5 Aug 2022
Kinect as IR Camera for Head tracking?
1 project | /r/kinect | 5 Apr 2022

You can add the Kinect as source in OBS using OBS-Kinect and set the stream type to infrared, then use the OBS virtual camera. (If the official OBS virtualcam isn't supported by opentrack, try the community virtualcam plugin instead, it tends to work better with some apps.)
Is there a way to use Kinect v1 on Google Meet?
2 projects | /r/kinect | 25 Mar 2022

Install OSB-Kinect https://github.com/SirLynix/obs-kinect/releases (and there was a new release for the first time since 2020 like 2 weeks ago, so thats cool)
Kinect v2 will not start up as a webcam but works in Kinect Studio
1 project | /r/kinect | 23 Feb 2022

A shitty temporary solution that worked for me was the obs Kinect plugin combined with obs virtual-cam
Kinect v2 not showing as video source Windows 11
1 project | /r/kinect | 22 Feb 2022

You can get the plugin for OBS (https://github.com/SirLynix/obs-kinect) then use OBS's 'virtual camera' functionality to be picked up as a source elsewhere (Discord, Zoom, etc)
kinect as webcam
1 project | /r/kinect | 10 Dec 2021

use the obs-kinect plugin for OBS https://github.com/SirLynix/obs-kinect/releases then you can enable the OBS virtual camera.
How do I start a kinect app?
1 project | /r/kinect | 31 Jul 2021

Though, if you specifically want to use it as a virtual greenscreen. I would recommend going past this, and using the obs-kinect plugin available here https://github.com/SirLynix/obs-kinect/
How do I use my kinect 360(model#1414)
2 projects | /r/kinect | 15 Feb 2021

https://github.com/SirLynix/obs-kinect/releases this will let you add the kinect as a source in obs
obs-kinect, an obs plugin to use kinect cameras
1 project | /r/obs | 16 Jan 2021

With pleasure, opened https://github.com/SirLynix/obs-kinect/issues/50 but feel free to close it. I'll receive notifications.
Obs-kinect, a way to use obs with a kinect camera
1 project | /r/coolgithubprojects | 15 Jan 2021

Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK

Posts with mentions or reviews of Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-18.

META open sources VRS file format — optimized to record and playback streams of sensor data for virtual and augmented reality
3 projects | /r/AR_MR_XR | 18 Apr 2022
Best RealSense Replacements?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Aug 2021

Does the Kinect 2 still outperform the Azure Kinect at body tracking?
https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK/issues/...
Silex USB in an Azure vm?
1 project | /r/AZURE | 15 Apr 2021
How do I compile this CPP program (Kinect Azure)
1 project | /r/AskProgramming | 24 Feb 2021
HP + Microsoft Here
1 project | /r/HPReverb | 21 Jan 2021

No plans to offer it though. Check out Azure Kinect Sensor SDK GitHub to see if anyone already implemented it.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing obs-kinect and Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK you can also consider the following projects:

obs-websocket - Remote-control of OBS Studio through WebSocket

librealsense - Intel® RealSense™ SDK

obs-ssp - Simple Stream Protocol source to OBS

rhino-developer-samples - Rhino and Grasshopper developer sample code

obs-backgroundremoval - An OBS plugin for removing background in portrait images (video), making it easy to replace the background when recording or streaming.

K4A_OpenVR

Azure_Kinect_ROS_Driver - A ROS sensor driver for the Azure Kinect Developer Kit.

obs-studio - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

vrs - VRS is a file format optimized to record & playback streams of sensor data, such as images, audio samples, and any other discrete sensors (IMU, temperature, etc), stored in per-device streams of timestamped records.

obs-streamlink - OBS source plugin to receive stream using streamlink.

SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library