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		grigy on Nov 5, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kinect by Microsoft Keeps You Entertained Hands Fr... Turns out the technology is not developed at Microsoft. They are using the PrimeSense chip, which gives the 3D sense to Xbox. Details here: http://eceplayground.com/2010/09/18/how-xbox-kinetic-works

varjag on Nov 5, 2010 [–]

The chip is just a sensor to get the earliest stage of scene decomposition quick. There's tremendous algorithmic work to be done beyond that.

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