3D scanning with Kinect

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3D scanning with Kinect

Prerequisites

You will need computer with good graphics-card, a NVIDIA video card that can run at least CUDA 2.0 or OpenCL A better graphics-card will allow you to scan faster.


Connecting the Kinect

First make sure you download and install both the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.8 and toolkit.

then connect the Kinect to the computer.

-device manager picture here-


ReconstructMe

guide to scanning 3D selfie

processing needed after scanning. results of free version saving (extra geometry added)


Scanect

for Skanect If Cuda 2.0 is not installed you need to update the video driver.

processing needed after scanning. results of free version saving (mesh is decimated)


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