I’d like to share some work I’ve been doing on the point cloud for the upcoming AIRKinect 2 release. We haven’t spent much attention at the point cloud in the previous releases, but we’ll be adding some interesting stuff.
One new feature will be the option to specify a density for the point cloud. This way you can lower the dataset – for example, only get each 4th point instead of all points – and get faster running results (although it runs fast in release builds). We’re also looking at adding RGB information to the point cloud, so you don’t see white dots, but you see the dots, matching the RGB colors from the camera.
We’d also like to add interactivity to the point cloud. For this, we’re adding a feature called “point cloud regions”, which enable you to specify 3D regions, where you can track the number of dots. This counting will happen on the C side of the extension, so it doesn’t slow down your actionscript code. With this point count, you could add triggers as soon as a certain amount of points is reached within a region. This way, you don’t need to do full skeleton tracking to create interactive applications.
I hope you like what we’ve got lined up!
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so cool ..i cant wait to see the tutorials.
Muy bueno, felicidades por las nuevas características de Airkinect 2
Can’t wait to see it released!
Excellent point cloud demo! Very impressed by the work, this looks incredibly fun.
2.0 gonna rule the world
Sounds great, I was trying to do something similar to the “point cloud regions”, as in same result, different technique, so I very curious to start working with your solution!
Looking forward to see your work as well, Laurent.
Hi Wouter,
Is that rendered with Away3d? What are all the little dots, planes?
No, these particles are actually rendered on a bitmap, using the technique described by Joa Ebert: http://blog.joa-ebert.com/2009/04/03/massive-amounts-of-3d-particles-without-alchemy-and-pixelbender/ – so no need for a 3D framework here
Congrats for your work !
I have a project to make with Kinect during March; should I wait for AirKinect 2 or start with 1.7 (I need to control a rigged character) ?
Thanks
Any update on a release date? I cannot wait!
Is there a way to detect mouse click in one point of the Point Cloud?
Is there a way to get or detect the X Y Z of one point? making clic or something? I need detect the floor or the table to put objects or region space…
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