[backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
...all this bumpf about how fancy they are[0] is just a load bollocks. I am wondering if them Kinect things are really working a lot simpler; and after waking up in the middle of a shower am now postulating that: 1. They have a simple static laser interference pattern (e.g. akin to [1] or

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Jonathan Chetwynd
am I missing something? had assumed this was basic motion detection with parallax? has no one stripped one down yet? best Jonathan http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110410-microsoft-kinect-teardown-ifixit.html (not read...) On 18 Nov 2010, at 15:22, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Jonathan Chetwynd
ifixit teardown http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft-Kinect-Teardown/4066/1 ~: On 18 Nov 2010, at 15:22, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: ...all this bumpf about how fancy they are[0] is just a load bollocks. I am wondering if them Kinect things are really working a lot simpler; and after

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Ant Miller
From Roderick Hodgson in RD who is now actively hacking this platform (mostly in spare time, though we may have somethig for either Big Bang or Maker Faire): http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/11/14/hacked-kinect-is-now-a-3d-video-capture-tool/

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 18 Nov 2010, at 17:12, Ant Miller wrote: From Roderick Hodgson in RD who is now actively hacking this platform (mostly in spare time, though we may have somethig for either Big Bang or Maker Faire): Aye - has kept me up all night. Wonderfuly easy to do things like 3D ing a room or

RE: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Ant Miller
We're having a meeting next week to discuss hack demos for the maker faire and big bang science fair in march next year, and kinect and similar are certainly on the agenda. Anyone who fancies joining in, BBC or external, is welcome to drop me a line, ant (out of the office, but still on

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Tim Dobson
On 18/11/10 17:12, Ant Miller wrote: http://digitizor.com/2010/11/15/hacked-kinect-brings-futuristic-user-interface/ 10 points to the first person to link it up with compiz! - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit

Re: [backstage] Kinect.. what if..

2010-11-18 Thread Tim Dobson
On 18/11/10 23:47, Ant Miller wrote: We're having a meeting next week to discuss hack demos for the maker faire and big bang science fair in march next year, and kinect and similar are certainly on the agenda. Anyone who fancies joining in, BBC or external, is welcome to drop me a line,