I mentioned in my last post that I was having some trouble with getting KinFu running on my laptop. My Macbook Pro came with an Intel graphics card while KinFu (and most graphics intense applications) run only on machines with NVIDIA graphics card. Thankfully, Dr.Kevin Ponto has an Alienware laptop with an NVIDIA graphics card and is offering me. It should enable me to run KinFu without any trouble. I should be getting the laptop sometime soon and the first of many things to do would be set the IDE and PCL up on the laptop (Do ReKinStruct: First Look all over again). I hope to get a PCD by this weekend.

Meanwhile, Dr.Ponto and I have been discussing about other cool stuff we could do with Kinects. One potential idea is to obtain the color+depth images of a swiftly changing scenario (like a candle burning down or an ice melting) from a single vantage point. By obtaining data periodically, we can play through it making it look like a 3D movie. The same can also be done by playing PCD sequentially. However, changing PCD Visualization at the click of a button would require some high performance RAM and Solid State Disks and most of all, a new technique.

Will keep you posted.

Apologies for this unexpected delay. Pictures coming up soon.