guys i need more functionality than zigfu provides so i was thinking to take some functionality from zigfu and some(voice recognition) from a background application in .net 4.0 which will connect to unity via pipes …now is it possible to request data from kinect via two API’s at the same time? and is this a good option for me or i have other options too?
As I understand it, the OpenNI stuff will not get at the mics on the Kinect. You could either access another microphone (internal, external, usb, etc.), or use the MS drivers. I would think that probably you could use those with ZigFu if you set the Zig control to use the MS drivers, but I have not tried it. Worst case, ditch ZigFu for using the MS drivers more directly, google for that (it’s been done, but I don’t know about success with the microphones). FWIW Unity’s Microphone API works ok with normal microphones.