Real time lightsaber on the Kinect on PC

The “hacks’ keep rolling in – Real time lightsaber on the Kinect on PC…

Proof of concept of tracking and rendering a lightsaber in real time using a Kinect hooked up to a PC. Imagine the possibilities. Best viewed in fullscreen 480p. I track a wooden stick and I overlay the light glow on the computer. Drivers using OpenKinect, image processing, tracking, and rendering using OpenCV. Audio recorded and processed using Audacity and played using libao.



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1 Comment

  1. Awesome, pure awesome! I want a Kinect NOW!

    Comment by Natanael L — November 22, 2010 @ 2:36 am

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