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Depth cameras have many practical, real-world applications, from 3D object scanning to environment understanding, to Augmented Reality. Since 2009, though, Kinect has been famous for one thing: human body tracking.
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I’m writing these lines in 2020 AD.
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You can read the complete algorithm and scientific paper here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/real-time-human-pose-recognition-in-parts-from-a-single-depth-image
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The slides of the official Microsoft presentation are available here: www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/skeletal-tracking-on-azure-kinect/
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The old Kinect devices could track up to six people. Azure Kinect has no built-in limit, but you should avoid using it in overcrowded environments. When used with more than ten people, Kinect could easily mismatch their joints.
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Pterneas, V. (2022). Body Tracking. In: Mastering the Microsoft Kinect . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8070-6_6
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