Augmented Reality Utilizing Microsoft Xbox¬ Kinect: Simple Motion Tracking And Threat Detection

The purpose of this project is to successfully augment reality with an artificial agent capable of handling a constrained threat scenario utilizing motion tracking. In this scenario, the agent selected to carry forth these tasks will be the Microsoft XBOX Kinect^TM. Results should yield the ability to track motion in a simple fashion, calculate a depth distance, track vital points in a body, as well as recognize single or multiple agents contained in a frame. Respectively, to determine if an agent is a threat a proximity threshold will be established. If said threshold is crossed, a number of additional functions will handle the situation accordingly. The project will provide a relatively affordable security system that is physically robust, handles situations in real time with or without administration being present, and can be rapidly deployed.