<p dir="ltr">Thanks Jason, I appreciate the feedback - sounds like I should order the Kinect for Windows if just to avoid connector issues (+$200 is an expensive connector though - 2x the price of the sensor seems a bit much, even for MS? :). </p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm just assembling a new PC so hopefully everything is up-to-date (Win8 - unfortunately) I opted for a new build rather than a laptop so I could have the option of multi-sensor in the future. <br>
Where did you order your Kinect from? I'm currently looking at Techdepot but would appreciate any buyer advice - I haven't ordered from them before.</p>
<p dir="ltr">BTW - room scanning is a nice-to-have, not a strict requirement at this point. I'm more interested in people scanning and gesture tracking (for automation control) at the moment.<br>
Any thoughts on Artec Studio? The ability to auto-create a "watertight" mesh is attractive, but pricey.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Jeff</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 14, 2013 12:56 PM, "Jason Cobill" <<a href="mailto:jason.cobill@gmail.com">jason.cobill@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br></div> I'm just in the middle of a bunch of Kinect experiments myself, so good timing! :)<br><br></div> The Kinect for XBox has a non-standard connector to plug into the XBox - with the Windows version you get an adaptor that converts from XBox to USB, and plugs into the wall to power the Kinect camera.<br>
<br></div> I've seen some really cool demos on the Scanect software site regarding environment and people scanning - James on this list has some more direct experience with that software. I've been using the OpenKinect API on the Mac to access the data directly - there's some pretty rad stuff going on in there. :) You can also yank pointcloud data directly into Meshlab now using the Kinect/OpenNI plugin for Meshlab, but it only works on Windows 7 & 8 - hope your OS is up to date! I'm running Vista and had endless headaches trying to get the hardware to talk to the software.<br>
<br></div><div> A side note about scanning environments: The depth data from the Kinect is logarithmically scaled instead of linearly, so the further you get from the camera the bigger the error gets. Up close (torso scanning) you can get around 25points/cm^2, which is fantastic, but I think if you're intending to scan rooms you might want to go with a more sophisticated lidar tool that doesn't suffer from so much distortion. (Although, as I said, the Scanect people have an impressive demo of a small room being scanned, so it's not impossible)<br>
</div><div><br></div> -Jason Cobill<br><div><br><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:42 PM, j ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waterfallclose@gmail.com" target="_blank">waterfallclose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Hi all - I'm considering getting a MS kinect, but wanted to get some opinions and advice first:<br>
- difference between MS kinect for windows and xbox (eg. performance/features, OpenNI compatibility)? (They appear identical but xbox ~$110, windows ~$270 - SDK seems free so I don't understand the difference except maybe commercial use markup)<br>
- where to buy MS kinect for windows in Canada? (I only see amazon as a supplier 3-5weeks lead)<br>
- if xbox (eg. from best buy), what else do I need to connect to a PC? Do I need to hack the connectors? Does the connector adapter come with it?<br>
- comments on Xtion Live, Carmine sensors?</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have googled these topics but there don't seem to be clear answers. My main interest is for scanning people, large objects and rooms as well as future work for gesture input. I'm currently working with David Scanner for small to medium static objects with structured light - takes too long for people/rooms though and not suitable for gestures.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks!<br>
Jeff </p>
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