Once you have captured every part of the subject (don’t forget the top of the head and under the chin!) you can stop the scan. If you get a “Tracking lost, please move to the last frame” error, then you are moving too fast. The higher your frame rate, the faster you can move. Move only as fast as your computer is capable of. Make note of the FPS (frames per second) shown at the bottom. Start moving the kinect around the person. Once the subject has choosen a position they can keep perfectly still in, begin the scan. If they move even the slightest, the scan will be ruined. The subject needs to remain perfectly still. Have them take off any glasses, as they tend to distort the scan. To start your first scan, have your subject stand in the middle of a room with enough room for you to walk around them. Here you can see the output of the kinect, with its color and depth information on the right. These settings give different bounding box sizes to allow you to scan a variety of settings.
#360 KINECT FULL#
Inside Skanect, you can see settings for body, object, half room and full room. Once those are downloaded and installed…. If you are using Windows, you’ll also need to download the Kinect SDK, also linked at the bottom of the download page. Installing Skanect is easy, just follow the instruction on the Skanect download page.
#360 KINECT SOFTWARE#
Skanect – This software is designed for both the PC and Mac, and will be the brains of the operation.
You can find these online for less than 10 dollars. This adapter splits the orange plug on the kinect into a DC power jack and a usb jack. The original kinect uses more power than a usb jack can provide. The one that shipped with the Xbox One, the Kinect v2 will not work. Be sure to grab the original kinect, the one for the 360. You can pick one of these up at a pawn shop for around 30 bucks now days. You only need a couple things in order to create your own 3D scanner at home. And even better, since the XBox One came out, you can pick up the original kinect for less than 30 bucks at a pawn shop. These days, using an XBox Kinect and some free computer software, you too can have a 3D scanning at your house. One of the applications is Kinect Studio that supports other programs in working with the Kinect.Much like 3D Printing, 3D Scanning used to be something that only large engineering firms had access too. Now start the Developer Toolkit Browser for exploring a bunch of ready-to-run demo's and corresponding documentation. In the device manager you will see that four new devices have been installed: After a while, you will receive a Device Ready message. In the meantime you could look at device management on your Windows machine to see what is happening. ? Connect Your Kinectįirst power on your Kinect and then connect it to your computer via a USB port.
#360 KINECT PLUS#
If you have a Kinect for Xbox One or a Kinect for Windows v2 you have to use v1.8 which runs on Windows 8 (maybe Windows 7 as well).Īfterwards you will find the Kinect Studio program and a Developer Toolkit Browser plus some documents in your Windows task menu. If you have a Kinect for Xbox 360 or a Kinect for Windows you should use v1.7 which runs on Windows 7 (maybe Windows 8 as well). You can download the software from Microsoft where you find two versions (v1.7 and v1.8) for both products.
#360 KINECT INSTALL#
Always install the SDK first and the Developers Tool Kit next.
#360 KINECT DRIVERS#
You need both a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the drivers and a Developers Tool Kit for the examples and tools. This ensures a fresh start to the installation coming next. Note: Be sure to restart your computer before proceeding after removal. Since Kinect can technically be used with various operating systems, a simple Google search respective to your OS should suffice in educating you on removal. If you've already attempted to install the Kinect drivers and/or applications, it's wise to uninstall them before proceeding. You need to buy a dedicated power supply unit/ USB 3 cable combination (about $10 USD).Īs in Windows 8+, the same as the XBOX One version, but now for connection to your PC. The successor of the earlier Kinect for XBOX 360. You will have a power supply unit / USB cable combination as part of your Kinect package. You need to buy a dedicated power supply unit / USB cable combination (about $10 USD).Īs in Windows 7, the same as XBOX 360 version, only the firmware is more advanced, i.e. The original device launched as an extension to the XBOX 360 console.