using kinect to capture point cloud data?

AlecMoody

Does anyone know of method to use the kinect sensor to capture static point cloud data that can be used in 3dsmax as reference? I have worked with point cloud data from the leica scanners in the past and after looking at some kinect tech demos it seems like there should be a way to adapt the data to do something similar but lower resolution.

cryrid

Something like this?
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGUF999JUlM&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

renderhjs

there is a blender script available:
http://www.blendernation.com/2010/11/26/microsoft-kinect-in-blender-realtime-point-cloud-demonstration/
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZSXXFwsyhc&feature=player_embedded[/ame]
download links can be found here:
https://github.com/geckoslayer/blenderkinect/blob/master/

another project, a scanner using processing and kinect:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke9r70QpqQg&feature=related[/ame]




I'll be looking at the unity port because its more appealing for me to script for that instead of blender.

AlecMoody

that blender script looks good. I have never used blender but i'm guessing I could output that data into max. A couple of good static shots could be stitched together to get some really good reference material.

renderhjs

yes but its just point data, so unless you write a script that does something with it so that it has volume in terms of faces it will be useless. Like adding spheres to each point, merge it into a mesh and then use a retopo script to rebuild the mesh into a clean 3d mesh.

Scruples

Another video in the same vein. more impressive imo.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-w7UXCAUJE[/ame]

polybones

Try brekel if you havent already.

http://www.brekel.com