DIY "leap" style motion controller

[fireslayer26]

Just came across this. Looks like it will be launching on Kickstarter in a couple days.

http://duo3d.com/kickstarter/

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hAQECvLIGM[/youtube]

[Nick3DvB]

Interesting, good to see CodeLabs & the NUI group getting involved, but if it's basically just two PS3 cams why bother with a kickstarter?

If it's supposed to be "DIY" they could just release the new driver and CV libs to developers (and license it for commercial use)

Might be a good option if it could be adapted for head-tracking, with markers or something, well worth keeping a pseye on.

[zalo]

Woah! From the most recent demo video, it appears they ARE using IR LEDs to illuminate the scene:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJp8fGsjEOc[/youtube]
Latency is unnoticeable from the video!

Those two things make this thing a bonafide SUPER Leap motion! And, since they claim to release the raw data, I hopefully can get my 3D point tracking solution working!

I'm just sad that it probably won't have the FoV the Leap does...

[Nick3DvB]

They are upgrading the lenses, so the FOV could actually be a bit higher (~160 degs): http://duo3d.com/forums/viewthread/29/

I think they're doing the shutter-sync hardware mod but each camera is still probably going to want it's own USB controller? I was planning to mount a few stripped-down PSeyes on my Rift anyway, for basic visual pass-through if nothing else, this would be so much easier. I'm sure it could do translation tracking with a few markers, or hopefully something like stereo SLAM / DTAM eventually. It will be great to have a more open alternative to the Leap, which really does seem to be a "black box" both in terms of its hardware design and their software stack... The DUO Kickstarter goes live soon - I'm in!

http://duo3d.com/kickstarter/

http://duo3d.com/about/

[STRZ]

Would it be possible to use several of those devices, lets say one for each foot and arm?