Does Body v3 Headless mode have the same hardware requirements as gui mode??

[Jon Payne]

Hi Everyone

    Is there any reduction in hardware requirements for a headless network sensor?

     I see the FAQ for v2 advises various things like intel cpus, certain brands of USB chip recommended etc - but I was wondering if the headless version still benefits from the GPU availability or if you could add multiple kinect2s using cheaper NUC computers for example? or old servers past their sell by date etc? I have 3 kinect2s, and 2 laptops with sufficient specifications so I can use 2 of the sensors but wondering if there is a less expensive route for Kinect2 number 3?

Thanks

Jon

[Jon Payne]

Answering my own question from the manual  - suck it and see - looks like I may not need a gpu for a Kinect 2, which means a cheaper NUC with an intel or Renesas blue USB3 port _might_ work.... :

" • Kinect for Xbox One / Kinect for Windows v2 (with USB3/power adapter) o Using the official Microsoft Kinect v2 drivers o Due to driver/SDK restrictions only a single sensor per machine is supported o Multiple networked machines each with 1 sensor are supported o Only USB3 ports (blue) with Intel or Renesas chipsets are supported by the drivers "

"It is hard to state minimum required system specifications as this is highly dependent on sensor types and the number of sensors used.

• 64-bit Windows 10 (for older sensors Windows 8/8.1 may work but this is untested)

• 8 GB or more RAM

• Modern Intel i5 or faster CPU (or AMD equivalent) o dual core 2.4GHz or i3 may be enough for older sensor types with single sensor setups o more cores help for multi sensors setups as the app is multi-threaded o 3 Ghz or faster will help for newer sensors and multi sensor setups

 • CPU with AVX2 instruction support is required for Deep Tracker functionality"

Guess I'll have to just try and hope......I have an old core i3 laptop with 2* blue USB ports, thats basically what you get in a cheap NUC anyway.

Cheers

Jon

[Brekel]

Kinect v2 (XBox One) body tracking does run on the GPU but it can run on older graphics cards, from the Body v2 FAQ:

What are the minimum GPU chipsets?
Intel HD 4400 integrated display adapter
ATI Radeon HD 5400 series
ATI Radeon HD 6570
ATI Radeon HD 7800 (256-bit GDDR5 2GB/1000Mhz)
NVidia Quadro 600
NVidia GeForce GT 640
NVidia GeForce GTX 660
NVidia Quadro K1000M

I have tested things on an older i5 NUC and that ran fine, newer i3 NUCs may also work fine as their CPU's are generally a bit more powerfull.

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