Microsoft halts production Kinect camera

rl66

2017-10-26 12:08

maize1951:

Nobody in their right mind wants to wave and flap their arms and hands around like a blooming idiot.

i agree... BUT reading the official M$ post they give up kinnect camera because it's useless if you got VR... So now you will have to repeat your sentence with "blooming blind idiot with helmet" at the end 🙂

XP-200:

Shame really as the second version worked really well in games and voice commands, just a pity MS cursed it with their horrendous XBox one launch, i quite enjoy Rare Sports rivals on it, it works very well indeed.

yes it was, even connected to PC... better webcam than most 30/60 euro cam too.

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geogan

2017-10-26 15:04

Glidefan:

Actually the two kinects were pretty good for development of indie titles. You can use them for motion capture of characters and 3D model capture with the depth camera. There's software for it that is around 400 USD, which is waaaaaaaaaay cheaper than a standard motion capture suite.

I have an old XBox 360 and Connect sensor and would love to try and use it to do some motion capture for 3D work. What is this software you are talking about? Is it the only one or is there free software to do the same or similar thing? I only want motion capture not the model capture stuff.

#5485796

JJayzX

2017-10-26 16:35

The kinect with a VR headset and you would essentially immerse the person into a game.

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Glidefan

Moderator

2017-10-26 19:42

geogan:

I have an old XBox 360 and Connect sensor and would love to try and use it to do some motion capture for 3D work. What is this software you are talking about? Is it the only one or is there free software to do the same or similar thing? I only want motion capture not the model capture stuff.

The Brekel ones are even cheaper now. http://brekel.com/ Point cloud is for capturing meshes, the Body is for motion capture. http://ipisoft.com/ is another solution that people say it's good, but that is subscription based. Then there's this https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/animation/cinema-mocap-2-markerless-motion-capture-56576 that allows you to play around directly in Unity.

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geogan

2017-10-27 12:12

Glidefan:

The Brekel ones are even cheaper now. http://brekel.com/ Point cloud is for capturing meshes, the Body is for motion capture. http://ipisoft.com/ is another solution that people say it's good, but that is subscription based. Then there's this https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/animation/cinema-mocap-2-markerless-motion-capture-56576 that allows you to play around directly in Unity.

Thanks, I'll have a look at all those!

#5522775

blogcology

2018-02-25 09:05

Those are great, we are using Perception Neuron in our studio found here http://mocap.com.au

#5522868

The Laughing Ma

2018-02-25 15:18

holler:

Kinect is old tech now, Microsoft is merely making space for their push with mixed reality. I would imagine we will see an xbox version of hololens at some point.

The Laughing Ma:

They stopped with AMD sponsorship in 2014, the same time those new ugly noses and really slim rear wings appeared.

can't wait to see how the next XBox will have to have this new tech installed as standard, how it possibly can't ever possibly work without the tech, you know like the XBox One couldn't possibly work without a Kinnect and a constant online connection... ...right up until it could!

#5522869

Glidefan

Moderator

2018-02-25 15:20

That site looks seriously unfinished and half-put together for a serious product 😉

#5522880

lucidus

2018-02-25 15:38

Vile necromancy in this thread.

#5523164

BarryB

2018-02-26 14:03

Kinect was brill for 3D pinball like Future Pinball with the BAM mod as they found a way to use the Kinect to make the tables 3D using the motion tracking so when you moved your head the table moved in 3D 🙂 The video below shows what it can do, bear in mind this is on a flat LCD panel 🙂 [youtube=89AnFISP7k4]