Professional motion capture by Kinect

Organic Motion, manufacturer of professional motion capture technology is testing the use of Microsoft's Kinect system for easy motion capture in real time. The developed so far by Organic Motion markerless system based on the use of up to 14 b / w seen at different angles mounted cameras to the movements of actors in space with a resolution up to the finger movements and transferred to animated models. Microsoft Kinect system based on a single camera, which provides in addition to images and distance information for each pixel can simplify this arrangement considerably: with the help of pictures of only 3 additional webcams, an entire body (including those not from the Kinect camera visible be reconstructed points) in 3D - and no need even to the otherwise required special retroreflective background. The result can be quite ansehnlichre admired in the following video. ° VY = T9Mg7qIZr1I The next logical step is to use 2 Kinect cameras (which is tested by other projects already) to dispense with the additional webcams all around the system to further simplify and also in a cheaper (but also less time - and space resolution to offer than the original system) version. The possibility for an accurate and affordable real-time motion capture system would be enormous. Matching: John Underkoffler, who designed the gesture interface for Minority Report (or envisioned better) and missed so that the development of such interfaces a big boost, speaks in a very interesting TED talk about the future of user interfaces between man and machine. He shows some nice examples of gesture control, a more intuitive interaction with the PC as possible makes your keyboard or mouse (from 11:11 also something quite specific video editing). ° VY = b6YTQJVzwlI