Comments on: 3D Scanner alternatives for Microsoft’s Discontinued Kinect

By: lester

lester — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:24:53 +0000

Hi, can you explain please in more details how we can replace Microsoft Kinect to do the same job with very popular JUST DANCE FOR EXBOX, how to put this system together what software we can use with EXBOX that kids still can enjoy to play.

By: lester

lester — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:57:47 +0000

Hi Nick this is fantastic news and information you provide is priceless.
Thank you for your explanation how this Kinetic and 3D cameras works.

By: mark van den bergen

mark van den bergen — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:39:04 +0000

In reply to Pat Pattillo.

Hi Pat
Just wondering if you found an alternative to Kinect V2.
I have used the Kinect V2 for capturing a live 3D pointcloud capturing:
– color
– depth
– 30 frames per second
– saved data to disk
Now I am wondering if there are more up-to-date hardware out there now that can do the same thing (or better). I do not need gesture recognition.
Would love to hear if you had any success after Kinect was discontinued.
Cheers,
Mark

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:06:47 +0000

I hope you should consider to add Tara – Stereo Camera. https://www.e-consystems.com/3D-USB-stereo-camera.asp

By: keeron

keeron — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 01:18:04 +0000

i think its crazy everybody is looking for full body tracking in the new VR scene i think Microsoft has missed a trick by tying them as being for gaming hopefully Microsoft with rebrand them leave them in their current state and sell them as full body and positional

why didnt microsoft realise the potential for uses it wasn’t originally designed for

By: Pat Pattillo

Pat Pattillo — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 08:02:43 +0000

I developed a gesture-based medical image viewer for 100% hands-free use by surgeons during surgical procedures using Review of the Kinect V2 for Xbox One / Windows and it performed flawlessly, exceeding expectations. This was a challenging app because anything less than 100% was as useless as 0% given that surgeons cannot touch a mouse or keyboard during a surgical procedure. The Human Interface Guidelines accompanying the V2 SDK is very clear in advising against attempting to repurpose a desktop app for use with gestures. It is a very different kind of app with a different look and feel. Oversized, hideaway controls and other techniques are needed to accomplish function equivalent to the desktop application using mouse and keyboard. The ability to record discrete and continuous gestures was very useful. Regrettably this app was completed a week before Microsoft announced halt of Kinect manufacturing.

Your article was timely and useful. Then Leap Motion controller was every bit as unwieldy as described in this article described but that feedback might be different had the app not been a stock desktop one requiring fine motor coordination afforded by mouse. Leap Motion controller operating area didn’t map to entire screen and that was bothersome so it’s time to dive into the Intel Real Sense cameras and related software. I just hope the software is advanced at the Kinect SDK V2 was.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:29:02 +0000

I need to apture and analyze movement hip to top of head from 2-4 feet away.
I’m currently using the kinect and their SDKs for the
skeleton tracking and using wpf/c#.

Could you recommend a comparable setup
using another camera?
Thanks

By: Nick Lievendag

Nick Lievendag — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 07:21:09 +0000

In reply to Ricardo Dengue.

My 3D Scanning Beginners Guide might be a good start: https://3dmag.com/reviews/beginners-guide-3d-scanning-photogrammetry/

By: Ricardo Dengue

Ricardo Dengue — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 18:29:41 +0000

I’m starting to try to get into the world of 3d scanner but as there is so much supply I’m a bit lost, as my budget is limited to project start, I can not understand out which would be the best 3d scanner to scan a motorcycle to edit in blender without lose the detail of the object and the texture is not the most important. If you manage to orient myself at this point of the project would be quite important to start.