Kinect: DaVinchi App. (WoW)

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zarx said:

Mendicate Bias said:

No I haven't. The device uses the two IR cameras to track the users hand position, however all the software and other hardware needed to achieve that is custom built by that research group. You can't just put two IR cameras together and viola achieve 3D tracking, it requires a lot more software and hardware than that. Not everyone has a multi-million dollar research lab at their disposal.

With Kinect all the software and hardware comes complete out of the box and even an amateur hacker can achieve full body 3D tracking. I don't see why this is so hard for you to understand?

Not to mention thats not even his argument. His argument is that there is nothing Kinect can do that any old camera or wii can't. That is false, the wii has no way of tracking your entire body.

the custom hardware is for the hologram stuff the actual tracking is being handled by two wii motes, yes it needs custom software but so do all the kinect hacks for the PC it theory with some slight modification that software could work with any two IR cameras there isn't really anything that special about the kinect, any amature hacker could achieve it. 

here is a guide http://3dbruce.blogspot.com/ just replace the cameras with IR ones and start working on modifying some kinect drivers and you are set, have fun.

The hackers are making custom software but it is the kinect itself that is tracking the movements of the person in 3D space and converting it into digital information. The hackers are simply taking that information and applying it to their own software.

Also you are severely underselling how hard it is to make a 3D capable tracking camera. You need far more than just two IR cameras and some software, not to mention the software has to be quite advanced.

Also what were you trying to prove with that link? Unless I read it wrong all that is showing is how to make a camera that can take 3D pictures, it has nothing to do with a camera that can track movement in 3D space.

I think you are ridiculously underestimating how difficult it is to make software capable of tracking specific body parts like head, arms, fingers and legs in 3D space. This is not something that can be done by some amateur hacker.

If it is so easy can you show me a video or article of someone using a wiimote to create a 3D camera with full body tracking, I am honestly curious?