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Question by fabianzaf · Apr 26, 2013 at 10:34 PM · quaternionkinectorientationeulergimbal-lock

Inverse Quaternion data from Kinect

I have a scene set up with a 3D model, I'm receiving XYZW quaternion orientation data from my Kinect sensor and setting it to rotate my skeletons joints.

leftShoulderRig (this is a reference to the joint gameObject)

leftShoulderOrientation (this quaternion object stores the XYZW data)

leftShoulderRigObj.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Inverse(leftShoulderOrientation);

The problem:

The left shoulder rotates as expected however when I use the same code on the right arm the up an down motion is reversed. I use Quaternion.Inverse to fix the problem of all the axis being in the wrong direction but now I just want to reverse a specific axis.

I dont want to use EulerAngles due to the fact that its not as accurate as Quaternions and Gimbal Locking messing things up.

There HAS to be a way to set the right arm to move down and not up when I move my arm, the same way the left side does.

Thank you for your patience, I did a lot of googling and research before formulating this question.

Please ask if you need further clarification.

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Answer by tanmayshankar · Jun 16, 2014 at 09:51 PM

Sounds to me like you need to flip the axis of rotation about the plane of symmetry of the robot.

If you're familiar with co-ordinate geometry, you could try manually implementing a mirroring of the rotation axis (x,y,z) about a predefined plane (the central plane of the robot). Shouldn't be too difficult.

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