Visual Gesture Builder Interface
This topic describes the Visual Gesture Builder (VGB) Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the Menu Bar, and the Explorer Pane.
- Integrated Development Environment
- Menu Bar
- Explorer Pane
- View Pane
Integrated Development Environment
The VGB IDE provides various window panes and menu options for producing a gesture detection database. It contains options for creating gesture projects (training and analysis), viewing and tagging .xef clips, and building/analyzing gesture detectors.
Figure 1. Integrated Development Environment
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Menu Bar
The menu bar contains items that enable you to perform tasks such as opening, closing files, and viewing data.
File Menu
Click the File menu item to perform the tasks described next.
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| Menu Item | Description | Short Cut |
|---|---|---|
| New Solution | Creates a new solution. | CTRL+Shift+N |
| Open Solution | Opens a previously created and saved solution. | CTRL+Shift+O |
| Add Existing Project | Adds an existing gesture project to the solution. | N/A |
| Create New Project | Opens the Create Gesture Project dialog to create a new gesture project for the solution. | N/A |
| Create New Project with Wizard | Creates a new gesture project for the solution using the Gesture Wizard. | N/A |
| Open Clip as Solution | Opens a clip as a solution to inspect the tagging metadata. | CTRL+Shift+C |
| Save | Saves all changes made to the solution or clip. | CTRL+S |
| Live Preview . . . | Launches VGView with the selected gesture dataase. | N/A |
| Exit | Closes the VGB tool. | Alt+F4 |
Explorer Pane
You use the Explorer Pane to navigate projects and clips. To add a project, save the solution, or build the gesture database, right-click on the solution name to open the context menu that supports those actions.
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You can choose different types of projects based on the detection technology. You can select AdaBoostTrigger or RFRProgress detection technologies.
For each project, you can create a training version and an analysis version.
When you create a project, the VGB tool generates XML files for each clip and adds them to the project. These XML files store tagging information associated with the clip files, which remain unmodified.
View Pane
The view pane displays a view of the sensor data. Use the tabs, 2D or 3D to render either 2D or 3D data.
2D View
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Right-click in the 2D view to get a contextual menu with the following options:
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Depth | Displays the depth stream in color or a grey ramp. |
| IR | Displays the IR stream. This is the default. |
| Body frame | Displays the body state, the hand state, or both. |
| Left/Right Indicator | Displays the Left or Right indicator. |
3D View
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Right-click in the 3D view to get a contextual menu with the following options:
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Accessory | Show/hide any or all of the view, view frustum, orientation cube, and floor plane. |
| Depth | Displays the depth stream as either a texturable surface, surface with normal, color point cloud or a grey point cloud. |
| IR | Displays the IR stream instead of the depth stream. |
| Body Frame | Show/hide either the body, body with joint orientation, or hand states. |