Kinect fusion lets you build 3D models of anything
March 8, 2013
At Microsoft’s annual TechFest on Tuesday, international research teams had a chance to show off their latest tools, toys, and APIs to each other, and to us. We got a look at everything, including a robot-powered Haptic touch screen, a gesture recognition API from Jamie Shotton, a custom Kinect avatar builder, and lots of real-time 3-D capture software that will be on it’s way to you soon.
Here’s Kinect Fusion, which can live 3-D model anything that will stand still, including me. Brought to you by the Microsoft Research Cambridge team — who also brought you KinEtre.
— IEEE Spectrum
Video Source: IEEE Spectrum
Comments (4)
by SmartAndSober
Reminds me of the “3D photo booth” in Tokyo that prints out miniature models (which was featured on KAI).
I hope there can be more such booths in other cities in the world.
by MvB
It’s been possible with Kinect and ReconstructMe for months. We’ll see if it’s even easier to do with Fusion, but ReconstructMe works very well. Looking forward to devices with higher resolution like the Leap.
by Major
There are good 3d scanners in 1000$ region. You don’t have to own one – all we need is a reasonably priced 3d scanning service in every major city.
by GatorALLin
Cool. The 3d home printing people need a low cost 3d scanner to import files to print directly or to modify and then make 3d prints from. This seems easy to use, fast and very low cost. Fingers crossed it does come out soon and stays low cost.