Okay, so it's not actually your skeleton, but data from some anonymous patient's CT scan, being mapped to your movements to create the spine-tingling effect. Still, make no bones about it: this is one of the more impressive Kinect hacks we've seen to date.
Kinect Hacks: Real-time (fake) X-ray
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X-ray glasses are so 2010. We present for your consideration this Kinect hack from Technical University of Munich researchers, led by one Tobias Blum, who have created a "magic mirror" that lets you see your own skeleton.
Okay, so it's not actually your skeleton, but data from some anonymous patient's CT scan, being mapped to your movements to create the spine-tingling effect. Still, make no bones about it: this is one of the more impressive Kinect hacks we've seen to date.
Okay, so it's not actually your skeleton, but data from some anonymous patient's CT scan, being mapped to your movements to create the spine-tingling effect. Still, make no bones about it: this is one of the more impressive Kinect hacks we've seen to date.
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 4:38PM DaLeOn said
Anyone else in a mood for ribs?
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 4:57PM Uncle Jesse said
@DaLeOn
I want my baby back, baby back, baby back...
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I want my baby back, baby back, baby back...
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:36PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
@DaLeOn
Swine my brotha?
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, knick knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, two thousand, zero, zero, party, oops! Out of time, my bacon smellin' fine.
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Swine my brotha?
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, knick knack, paddy whack, give a dog a bone, two thousand, zero, zero, party, oops! Out of time, my bacon smellin' fine.
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 4:42PM Prboi said
Coolio, another win for Kinect off market uses
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 4:45PM tont0r said
Tobias huh? Maybe this will help him get over being a never nude.
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 4:49PM BlackedOut said
I guess you could say there is more to Kinect's skeletal tracking
*Puts on glasses*
...than meets the eye
*Puts on glasses*
...than meets the eye
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:02PM Raffi256 said
Your Shape does something similar.
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:15PM Richard Jae said
X-ray glasses being 2010? Try 1980's
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:18PM GatorBoy25 said
Hey unless people with kinect wont have to go to the doctors to get an x-ray Ha
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:37PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
Kinect more than meets the eye
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:55PM DarknessBear said
So the Kinect can see under your skin and track bone movement - but I still can't use Netflix... WTF Microsoft!?
Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 11:15PM den69 said
I'm waiting for a kinect hack that uses the playstation move... that would be the ultimate lol
Posted: Jan 4th 2011 11:20AM Jackovy Boehner said
So X Ray glasses are so last year but 3d glasses and having to stand up and carefully scrub a cursor around the screen with your hand out are so 20XX?
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