Microsoft Research shows KinectFusion – it’s jaw dropping

Those are Engadget's words, not mine as this Microsoft Research project was shown at SIGGRAPH this week.

KinectFusion takes live depth data from a moving Kinect sensor and in real-time creates high-quality 3D models. The possibilities are huge – you can scan a whole room and its contents within seconds and as you move around, and objects are revealed they are fused into a single 3D model. My mind is immediately thinking of applications in architecture, gaming and augmented reality.