Microsoft Research turns 2D camera into depth sensor
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Microsoft Research at SIGGRAPH 14 made news this week with its presentation of how to turn a regular video camera into a depth camera. "Learning to be a depth camera for close-range human capture and interaction" was presented by the research team, which represented Microsoft Research and the iCub facility at the Italian Institute of Technology.(Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia). In brief, as described in MIT Technology Review, "Microsoft researchers say simple hardware changes and machine learning techniques let a regular smartphone camera act as a depth sensor." The team focused on hands and faces; they modified the camera on a smartphone to capture hands and faces depth.