kinect

Designed a Virtual Reality interactive air guitar using MAX
Used input feed of Xbox Kinect sensor for spatial-coordinate data
Created patches for frequency modulation of sound samples, coordinate data processing and transformation of signals

For Second Life and archaeological digs, the Kinect can create 3d representations of scanned items and folks! TheKinect 3d Object and People Scan gives users the technology to scan their objects and people and create a virtual 3d representation of them. This video by Chris Palmer showcases this Kinect setup and how the future of gaming and inventory can radically be changed by the Kinect. In the video people and objects, through a guided Kinect is able to capture a robust 3d image. Not only that, but also the depth and texture of the object is captured, giving a more detailed scan.

As visitors move through the gallery the story progresses and Mr. Kalia begins transforming. The experience is more Dalí than Disney. Mr. Kalia’s body is covered by locks, his hands turn into gushing fountains, and birds begin flocking to branches that sprout from various parts of his body. Mr. Kalia’s transformation was brought to life using an impressive toolchain that included the Kinect, C++, Coffeescript, CSS, Google Compute Engine, Nite, Node.js, OpenFrameworks, Openni, Paper.js, Socket.io, and Tween.js, all to be rendered in a Google Chrome browser window.

The combination of Omek Beckon and the BeagleBoard-xM provides developers with a low-cost solution for adding gesture recognition to devices using embedded processors, and is an ideal solution for educators and independent developers looking to research or experiment with gesture recognition.

The Depth Sense 311 (DS311) is a time-of-flight (TOF) 3D camera. It is suitable for short (15cm to 100cm) as well as long range tracking (150cm to 400cm). Ideal product for indoor use - home entertainment use, serious gaming, advertising campaigns, healthcare and more. DS311 cameras are available as professional kits as well as white label products for OEMs. The camera comes with a DepthSense SDK or camera API which gives you access to the depth, confidence and RGB image data. The API is available for Windows and Linux.

Want to take 3D pictures? Need cool things to make with your 3D printer? This 3D camera build uses a Structured lighting technique to create a 3D representation that can be rendered with any 3D software. Structured lighting is basically a set of images that are sequentially projected onto a scene and captured with an ordinary CMOS camera. The deformation of the structured light is ran though an algorithm to determine the depth at each pixel. The resulting X,Y and Z coordinates (3D point cloud) are used to reproduce a 3D model of the scene.

Searchlight is a co-operative, physical game for two players, created for the Hide&Seek Weekender 2012. Though it’s a physical game, played with wooden blocks and balls, it’s facilitated through technology: a Kinect and a projector, connected to a computer.

The Kinect for Windows SDK includes the following: Drivers for using Kinect sensor devices on a computer running Windows 7, Windows Embedded Standard 7, and Windows 8 Developer Preview (desktop applications only) Application programming interfaces (APIs) and device interfaces, along with technical documentation Source code samples

Using the Kinect for Windows Beta from Nov 2011 and a Kinect sensor, you register this guy's driver with Windows and then Skype can see the Kinect as a webcam!

Kinect@Home is a place where you can help robotics and computer vision researchers around the world and get 3D models of your room, office or whatever you want in return, right in your browser!

Kinect@Home aims to use your powers to make robots more awesome than ever. Robotics and computer vision researchers need vast amount of images from everyday environments such as homes and offices to improve their algorithms.