So we want to use the kinect for motion capture with our game. http://vimeo.com/24351989
after extensive research there are various programs that can take the data that the kinect records and converts that into a suitable format for maya to read.
http://www.ipisoft.com
http://www.brekel.com
also some very nice tutorials for it too.
http://www.reubenfleming.co.uk/tuts.html
