Comment on Kinect by Microsoft Keeps You Entertained Hands FreeComments−grigy15yTurns out the technology is not developed at Microsoft. They are using the PrimeSense chip, which gives the 3D sense to Xbox. Details here: http://eceplayground.com/2010/09/18/how-xbox-kinetic-works−varjag15yThe chip is just a sensor to get the earliest stage of scene decomposition quick. There's tremendous algorithmic work to be done beyond that.
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Turns out the technology is not developed at Microsoft. They are using the PrimeSense chip, which gives the 3D sense to Xbox. Details here: http://eceplayground.com/2010/09/18/how-xbox-kinetic-works
The chip is just a sensor to get the earliest stage of scene decomposition quick. There's tremendous algorithmic work to be done beyond that.