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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Ricardo,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We are also working with Kinect</FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial> a lot of fun and usefull</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> applications are now possible at low
cost.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We do native interface & computer vision
to do shape</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> analysis,</FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial> and hand tracking in smalltalk</FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yesterday I opened a campaign [*] to build
software to use</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> kinect device for 3D scanning of models; we
are working</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> on that based on our VS frameworks, produced
models</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> can be transfered using standard 3D file
format</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The exchange of information between frameworks (low
level</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> information from our framework to squeak) in
realtime</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> can be realized</FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial> same way as OpenNI interface is using</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> for skeleton.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In our tests the use of OpenNI produced low
response</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> and loose of tracking, that motivated us to
exploit</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> low level interface and continue learning the
internals</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> and specific conditions of the device and
capture</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> process.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>have fun!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ale.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>[*] <A
href="http://pledgie.com/campaigns/14424">http://pledgie.com/campaigns/14424</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> We are still looking for our
first donor!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=richi.moran@gmail.com href="mailto:richi.moran@gmail.com">Ricardo
Moran</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org
href="mailto:squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org">The general-purpose Squeak
developers list</A> ; <A title=etoys-dev@squeakland.org
href="mailto:etoys-dev@squeakland.org">etoys dev</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [squeak-dev] Kinect and
Etoys</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hi guys!</DIV>
<DIV>I want to tell you some exciting news. Thanks to the ESUG Innovation
Technology Awards we've been able to buy ourselves a Microsoft Kinect. We
don't have a Xbox 360 yet, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun
with it. Who needs and Xbox if you can use Kinect with Etoys? :)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>After seeing Stephen Howell's great work using Kinect with Scratch, we
followed his steps and made it available for Etoys as well. </DIV>
<DIV>See it for yourselves: <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqqaHvbeqg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqqaHvbeqg</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>You can find installation steps in our blog: <A
href="http://tecnodacta.com.ar/gira">http://tecnodacta.com.ar/gira</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Cheers!</DIV>
<DIV>Richo</DIV>
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