Microsoft Kinect Creates an IR Constellation
Get a pair of IR googles and treat yourself to a light show.
While people brave the elements for Microsoft’s Kinect, a New Zealander decided to set up one in his living room, and see how everything looked like through the infrared spectrum.
RumblePackNZ uploaded a video on YouTube featuring the IR profile of Microsoft’s new motion control device for the Xbox 360. With all lights off, the TV staying on, and the Kinect directly below it, Rumble stuck a pair of IR goggles over his digital camera and took a sweeping video of the room.
Everything within the Kinect’s range was lit up with a constellation of dots, making the area look like a green-hued version of space. The video emphasizes the need for unobstructed spaces for the Kinect—and other motion-control systems—to work properly. Dots do appear behind obstacles, but much more appear on surfaces directly exposed to the Kinect.
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goggles not googles even though we all love google!
The technology is neat and an interesting deviation from the wii and ps move but I'm not sold on it as a gaming device. Maybe that's because I game when I want to be lazy and sedentary, when I want to move, I go outside. The lack of wand with buttons seems like a PITA for control purposes.
goggles not googles even though we all love google!
No kidding. A misc. type in an article is one thing. A blatant content changing word in BOLD headline is another completely. Maybe Rico was wearing goggles when writing this article?
The IR view of this thing is pretty neat. I imagine playing "red bug" with a cat. What would the cat do with this many bugs...
Pretty cool... smart dude.
Neato Burrito!
thousands of IR leds against the 2-5max leds from the wii......
thousands of IR leds against the 2-5max leds from the wii......
There is not thousands of LED's in there.
Also Kinect has to see you, on Wii, the controller just has to see points of light(on the bar, the camera is in the Wiimote it self) and use the accelerometer for motion sensing.
If you do not know how it works, don't post about it.
Surely that has health risks, IR is a form of radiation; even TV remote's state "Do not point this device towards your eyes" as IR Light can damage them...
Have a nice time, playing kinect you'll be blind and have developed cancer before 2012...