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We've seen hacks for Kinect from the outset, and even then, that the proposed one, as it could be possible: Kinect transported as camera, recording on the depth of this sees the formation of the full 3D map room and each object in it. They call it KinectFusion, and it's really quite fascinating to watch. I re-hosted video here, because the original is a little cramped and not everyone wants to download it all.
The position of the camera is constantly tracked by monitoring the depth of known objects in his opinion, and this information is known, the 3D data give absolute measurements, static maps of a room. And all this happens in real time. Only watch the first demonstration and you can see the "painting" a 3D model in place as quickly as a researcher, you can move Kinect system.
He admits changes as well: moving objects on the stage and update the model. He knows whether the object is moving or the camera itself. And by combining this new model with normal capacity Kinect, room or object can be accessed, as shown in the video, "throw" gobs of little ammo to things in real-time, and picking up real life teapot, maps in 3D. Absolutely extraordinary that this is done with a device, PC and some clever programming.
Among the invited applications from Microsoft Research: "expansion of the multi-touch interactions for arbitrary surfaces; additional opportunities for augmented reality; real-time physics simulation of dynamic models; new methods for segmentation and tracking of scanned objects "— and I'm sure you can think of several. The inclusion of user-controlled Kinect tool instead of a passive monitoring of users opens a huge number of opportunities as other hacks have also shown.
KinectFusion is a team of Microsoft Research Cambridge, Imperial College London, University of Newcastle, Lancaster University and the University of Toronto. The project was demonstrated at SIGGRAPH yesterday, but this video really shows it is much better. We hope we will see shortly release code, and people can play with this amazing tool.
[via Reddit]
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