Hi @zorn.labor Greetings! Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. Thank you for posting this question here.
Reading the description of the problem, this sounds like an issue with the Kinect Chop derivative. I have looked into the Kinect Chop forum, and it appears you have reported the following bug - Kinect CHOP bug displaying data Thank you for reporting it there. I would wait for the SMEs on that platform to assess this issue and share more findings.
Solution identified
The subject wasn’t far enough away from the Kinect camera. The device only recognizes a person when they are at least 1 meter away.
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