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To install the package fro kinect run:

sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-openni-launch

The to use: roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch as described here to make the package publish kinect's topics. To visualize for example the depth image run rosrun image_view image_view image:=/camera/depth/image.

To visualize for example the Point Cloud in rviz you can add a PointCloud2 Display ad choose the appropriate topic. For object recognition what are you planning to use?

To install the package fro kinect run:

sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-openni-launch

The to use: roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch as described here to make the package publish kinect's topics. To visualize for example the depth image run rosrun image_view image_view image:=/camera/depth/image.

To visualize for example the Point Cloud in rviz you can add a PointCloud2 Display ad choose the appropriate topic. For object recognition what are you planning to use?

I suggest you to see also the basic tutorials and the rviz tutorials!