Comments on: Peeling back another layer of detail on Microsoft’s secret gesture-control system for games http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/29/peeling-back-another-layer-of-detail-on-microsofts-secret-gesture-control-system-for-games/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: philippe ysebaert http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/29/peeling-back-another-layer-of-detail-on-microsofts-secret-gesture-control-system-for-games/comment-page-1/#comment-890693 philippe ysebaert Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:04:03 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=107528#comment-890693 I wonder if we could scan our face/body in 3D and to integrate it into the games ? Are evolution moving into this direction pls.<br><br>Tx I wonder if we could scan our face/body in 3D and to integrate it into the games ? Are evolution moving into this direction pls.

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]]> By: Thomas Wintner http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/29/peeling-back-another-layer-of-detail-on-microsofts-secret-gesture-control-system-for-games/comment-page-1/#comment-858624 Thomas Wintner Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:03:00 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=107528#comment-858624 There are also other companies working on 3D TOF cameras, e.g. german based PMDTec, a 3D TOF chip supplier with mass products already in other markets. They also might be a potential partner in the consumer area, as they already presented a gaming appplication last year at several conferences. However, PMDTec filed patents starting 1996, when the other players were not eben founded and they presented a 3D camera as a mass market camera at the Hannover Fair 2009. There are also other companies working on 3D TOF cameras, e.g. german based PMDTec, a 3D TOF chip supplier with mass products already in other markets. They also might be a potential partner in the consumer area, as they already presented a gaming appplication last year at several conferences. However, PMDTec filed patents starting 1996, when the other players were not eben founded and they presented a 3D camera as a mass market camera at the Hannover Fair 2009.

]]> By: Andrew Smith http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/29/peeling-back-another-layer-of-detail-on-microsofts-secret-gesture-control-system-for-games/comment-page-1/#comment-858623 Andrew Smith Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:50:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=107528#comment-858623 Prime Sense and 3DV use totally different technology. 3DV is a Time of Flight (ToF) technology. Primes Sense projects a pattern on the user and uses the pattern to get a depth map using a regular video camera. Canesta is also ToF, but with much stronger patent protection. The one thing they are all lacking is a solid 3d analysis of the data. Just because you have a 3d model of a person from the front does not mean the computer knows that it is looking at. This is why all the demos are so lame. I remember "winning" a boxing game on a 3DV system and I was not even playing. I was just standing there checking out the technology. Prime Sense and 3DV use totally different technology. 3DV is a Time of Flight (ToF) technology. Primes Sense projects a pattern on the user and uses the pattern to get a depth map using a regular video camera. Canesta is also ToF, but with much stronger patent protection. The one thing they are all lacking is a solid 3d analysis of the data. Just because you have a 3d model of a person from the front does not mean the computer knows that it is looking at. This is why all the demos are so lame. I remember “winning” a boxing game on a 3DV system and I was not even playing. I was just standing there checking out the technology.

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