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  "id": 1215,
  "title": "Can you provide the skeleton data?",
  "url": "/competitions/GestureChallenge/discussion/1215",
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  "post_date": "2012-01-03T04:32:42.537Z",
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  "content": "<p>Kinnect generates the skeleton data which conveniently position of hands, head and elbows can be found. Why skeleton data is not included in the samples? We need to spend a LOT of time to implement and test well-known eixisting image-recognition techniques\r\n to find hands and remove the body which will eventually be re-inventing the wheel (probably a flat one).</p>\r\n<p>Wouldn't it be better to let us focus on the gusture recognition?</p>",
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      "postDate": "01/03/2012 04:32:42",
      "content": "<p>Kinnect generates the skeleton data which conveniently position of hands, head and elbows can be found. Why skeleton data is not included in the samples? We need to spend a LOT of time to implement and test well-known eixisting image-recognition techniques\r\n to find hands and remove the body which will eventually be re-inventing the wheel (probably a flat one).</p>\r\n<p>Wouldn't it be better to let us focus on the gusture recognition?</p>",
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      "id": "7639",
      "postDate": "01/03/2012 18:57:53",
      "content": "<p>We did not record the skeleton data but we are working on providing it to you by computing it from pre-recorded files.</p>",
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      "id": "7698",
      "postDate": "01/05/2012 23:42:24",
      "content": "<p>That is to say, we can expect skeleton data will be provided later,&nbsp; right?</p>",
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      "id": "7709",
      "postDate": "01/06/2012 02:30:18",
      "content": "<p>As I understand the rules, a stand-alone executable needs to be provided for final scoring. I was envisioning this would be a program that takes video as input and produces tokens as output.</p>\r\n<p>It would appear it may also require skeleton data as input.</p>",
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      "id": 7639,
      "author_name": "iguyon",
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      "post_date": "01/03/2012 18:57:53",
      "content": "<p>We did not record the skeleton data but we are working on providing it to you by computing it from pre-recorded files.</p>",
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      "id": 7698,
      "author_name": "jianqiao0",
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      "post_date": "01/05/2012 23:42:24",
      "content": "<p>That is to say, we can expect skeleton data will be provided later,&nbsp; right?</p>",
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      "id": 7709,
      "author_name": "solorzano",
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      "post_date": "01/06/2012 02:30:18",
      "content": "<p>As I understand the rules, a stand-alone executable needs to be provided for final scoring. I was envisioning this would be a program that takes video as input and produces tokens as output.</p>\r\n<p>It would appear it may also require skeleton data as input.</p>",
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