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the tech is around, but at very high price (a normal pointing laser costs 2k~3k, a proper lidar costs 30k to 70k). I think that is what the parent comment means

by liuliu 13y ago

the tech is around, but at very high price (a normal pointing laser costs 2k~3k, a proper lidar costs 30k to 70k). I think that is what the parent comment means "very unlikely".

Maxious 13y ago
The Intel Time of Flight SDK camera is $150 http://forum.libcinder.org/topic/future-is-here-time-of-flight-camera-for-150-from-intel-with-sdk http://forum.libcinder.org/topic/future-is-here-time-of-flig...
- liuliu 13y ago
  Thanks! I am looking into this space for a while for my personal project. but 1m~3m distance is too small to my application. Do you know if this is plausible for direct sunlight and anyway to improve the distance?
beagle3 13y ago
PrimeSense (the company behind the Kinect IR technology) had a competitor at the time called 3DV systems (or something like that), that made an RGBD TOF camera that worked way, way better than the kinect - but they ran into financing problems, and were bought at-cost by Microsoft (something like $30M, which was the investment). That was in 2007, and even back then they were able to produce them for ~$300/BOM if I remember correctly. At the time, everyone assumed MS just bought them to shut out competitors - but it appears they actually use the thing.
- Qworg 13y ago
  The company was Canesta. ToF sensors were their thing. [1] Microsoft bought them in 2010, and it seems like they finally got their tech integrated (and cut Primesense out in the process). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canesta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canesta
  - beagle3 13y ago
    And I was thinking about 3DV Systems' [1] product called ZCam [2]. I wasn't aware of the Canesta deal - apparently, MS cornered the market of depth cameras. Personally, I think this deserves some kind of regulatory anti-trust action. But that's just me. [1] http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/21/sources-confirm-microsoft-is-buying-3dv-systems/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/21/sources-confirm-microsoft-... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZCam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZCam

by liuliu 13y ago

the tech is around, but at very high price (a normal pointing laser costs 2k~3k, a proper lidar costs 30k to 70k). I think that is what the parent comment means "very unlikely".

Maxious 13y ago

The Intel Time of Flight SDK camera is $150 http://forum.libcinder.org/topic/future-is-here-time-of-flight-camera-for-150-from-intel-with-sdk http://forum.libcinder.org/topic/future-is-here-time-of-flig...

liuliu 13y ago
Thanks! I am looking into this space for a while for my personal project. but 1m~3m distance is too small to my application. Do you know if this is plausible for direct sunlight and anyway to improve the distance?

beagle3 13y ago

PrimeSense (the company behind the Kinect IR technology) had a competitor at the time called 3DV systems (or something like that), that made an RGBD TOF camera that worked way, way better than the kinect - but they ran into financing problems, and were bought at-cost by Microsoft (something like $30M, which was the investment). That was in 2007, and even back then they were able to produce them for ~$300/BOM if I remember correctly. At the time, everyone assumed MS just bought them to shut out competitors - but it appears they actually use the thing.

Qworg 13y ago
The company was Canesta. ToF sensors were their thing. [1] Microsoft bought them in 2010, and it seems like they finally got their tech integrated (and cut Primesense out in the process). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canesta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canesta
- beagle3 13y ago
  And I was thinking about 3DV Systems' [1] product called ZCam [2]. I wasn't aware of the Canesta deal - apparently, MS cornered the market of depth cameras. Personally, I think this deserves some kind of regulatory anti-trust action. But that's just me. [1] http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/21/sources-confirm-microsoft-is-buying-3dv-systems/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/21/sources-confirm-microsoft-... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZCam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZCam