Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Kinect

Win-Joe has been somewhat remiss in not covering, at least in passing, Microsoft's Kinect technology (where "YOU are the Controller"). The Kinect is an attachment for the Xbox 360 that combines a depth camera (sometimes know "in the trade" as RGB-D), standard RGB camera, motorized tilt and four microphones. MSDN Magazine has a good introduction to Kinect programming.

The October 2012 SDK exposes the infrared stream, allowing image capture in low-light situations. However, it is currently not possible to capture infrared and colour streams simultaneously.The Accelerometer Data APIs now provide information on the sensor's orientation. Desktop robotics - Aloha!

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