Google Project Tango

[samuel_bubat]

interesting !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10E...ature=youtu.be

[vlado]

It's very interesting from a geeky point of view, but it would be even more interesting to see if they can come up with some suitable real-world applications that would make me actually want to get a phone like that.

Best regards,
Vlado

[samuel_bubat]

Yes, I agree. I think the possibilities with a phone are limited. Because after all you still have that little 10cm screen.
But I could imagine one day when a Google Glass capable of rendering half transparent and opaque pixels is available
this technology could be very interesting. Like placing furniture into an empty room to get a realtime visualisation
for customers.
Also for gamers... playing quake in a pedestrian area. Ok it´s till questionable how they realize rocket jumps
Driving a race against virtual opponents on the autobahn... GTA in your local police station.. endless possibilities

[cecofuli]

I'm waiting this product

http://structure.io/

Unfortunately, only for iPad...

[super gnu]

hehe.. so similar to my major college project back in 1999.. was basically a handheld screen with stereo cameras and depth sensors on the front so you could hold it up and overlay realtime 3d onto reality. i didnt know at the time id invented augmented reality and the ipad.. mine was a lot more bulky ( it connected wirelessly to a laptop with a magnetic position sensor on it) but it did have a stereoscopic screen.


unfortunately my tutors (who really didnt understand what i was banging on about) panned the idea as a dead end and i never pursued it further. still have the model i made sitting on my shelf.

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

hehe.. so similar to my major college project back in 1999.. was basically a handheld screen with stereo cameras and depth sensors on the front so you could hold it up and overlay realtime 3d onto reality. i didnt know at the time id invented augmented reality and the ipad.. mine was a lot more bulky ( it connected wirelessly to a laptop with a magnetic position sensor on it) but it did have a stereoscopic screen.


unfortunately my tutors (who really didnt understand what i was banging on about) panned the idea as a dead end and i never pursued it further. still have the model i made sitting on my shelf.

Sur ur tutor for not allowing u to make bilionz of $$$

As to the idea heh I can see it well used in cheap tracking camera position for car photoshoots and so on where we need correct camera positions. I'm curious to see where it will develop to.

[super gnu]

yeh i did my first ever camera tracking for the presentation for that project (using the max built-in camera tracker aarggghhh) almost put me off 3d for life. iirc the uses i proposed for my "AR-view" were for architects, car and product designers to walk around their products in situ, and also for navigation with overlaid maps, games and err.. virtual pets (tamagochi was big back then

[joconnell]

I'm waiting this product

http://structure.io/

Unfortunately, only for iPad...

someone else has made a handheld scanner that has no need for another computer or tablet to be attached - same carmine / primesense sensor too I think?

[cecofuli]

Yes, I have Kinect + Skanect, but you can scan objects or small partion of room. You cannot walk and scan all your apartment.
I tried ReconstructMe, or different software, but it was very long, complex task. And the quality isn't very good.

[joconnell]

Here's a version which isn't attached to a computer - http://cubify.com/sense/techspecs.aspx - quality likely the same as you're getting from the kinect though since it's the same sensor.

[cecofuli]

I had Kinect from my friend for free (or 40 euro on ebay), but the problem about kinect is that you need to plug it on the USB and electric cable.
Asus Xtion Live Pro (similar to Kinect, but it's cost 150 euro) needs only a USB cable, like Sense™ 3D scanner. but it cost 350 euro!
So, I'm waiting a Skanect compatibility with Kinect 2