Here’s an interesting use of a data glove and Arduino with the Kinect to manipulate virtual objects. Sebastian fabricated the data glove by attaching a few resistors into the fabric. By touching the thumb with any of the other four fingers, different resistance values are obtained. This allows for a simple but effective recognition of [...]
I’ve been playing around with the capturing depthmap images using the Microsoft Kinect and now trying to render them as point clouds. To work with still images rather than streaming videos, the first thing I did is to modify the glview sample program that comes with the OpenKinect library (these guys are awesome!) so that [...]
I came across this inspiring article on using robots to help kids with autism. Two researchers with the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut are exploring how to use robots to enhance the motor and social communication skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). By programming the robot [...]
Microsoft announced that it will use the PrimeSense 3D sensor for its Project Natal virtual gaming platform. According to Ilan Spillinger, vice president of Xbox 360 hardware at Microsoft, the PrimeSense sensor will be used to create an accessory for the XBox 360 that will allow users to interact with the gaming console using hand [...]
I love it when toys of the big boys finally become everyone’s. According to Hizook’s blog, mass-affordable cameras that offer depth perception (aka RGB-D or “ranging” cameras) may finally hit the store shelves this year. This statement echoes what Dr. Deiter Fox of Intel Research Labs has proclaimed during his presentation last January at the [...]
Do you ever wonder why booting up a computer takes soo long? Why doesn’t it turn on instantly like a TV or DVD player? As it turns out, engineers at MontaVista Software thought the same thing, and have finally figured out how to tweak Linux to boot in under 1 second … yes, that’s “1″ [...]