They convert a table into an augmented reality screen combining 3D Kinect and PlayStation Eye

A member of the Users Community of the Nui Group forums, Bastian Broecker, ha combined kinect, An infrared laser and the eye playstation with a face tracking software to make a common table transform into a three -dimensional augmented reality.

Bastian Broecker has developed an interactive table in which he combines the Kinect of Microsoft Next to the PlayStation Eye Chamber. The project seeks to convert a flat surface, like a table, In an interaction of augmented reality applications, that is to say, combining real images of our environment with artificial images. To get it, A projector has been used, a kinect, A PlayStation Eye camera, Four infrared lasers, A mirror, a crystal and a computer to obtain as a result a surface in which to project an image and interact with it touching on the same projection surface.

The projector is located just below the table and the projected light beam is reflected on a mirror arranged with an angle of inclination that allows the beam to be bounced on the table of the table. Right next to the projector is the PlayStation Eye camera whose mission will be to follow the movements of the user's hands and fingers that are handling the screen and, To obtain greater precision, The capture of the position and the movement is based on the 4 infrared lasters that are distributed by the four corners of the table. Kinect is responsible for controlling the location of the user's head so that the projected image on the screen always adapts to their point of view so that if the user moves the head, The system will move the image so that the user does not perceive difference when changing position and emulates a 3D projection.

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