Does anyone know of any maxscript solutions for handling kinect data and creating tracking points from it?
Thank you but I have tried Brekel for face tracking and it does a very poor job.
have you got some sample data (csv) ?
I never bothered to save the data as I could see it was unstable. Disappointed as it had promise as low end solution…guess I will have to write my own version
I’d imagine the poor tracking was due to the limited scope of the Kinnect. Have you talked to Jasper at Brekel for help?
A few tips for Face v2:
- be as close to the sensor as possible so the most a mount of pixels are available for tracking
- flat frontal lighting with as few shadows as possible works best, a photographers soft box makes for a great lighting source
- make sure there is enough light so that the sensor doesn't automatically goes into 15 frames per second low lighting mode
- low lighting mode is determined by the darkest pixel in the image, so it's best to both light up your background and subject
- strong infrared light (for example sunlight) directly in the tracking volume can negatively impact tracking quality
The Kinect is a cheap (and noisy) consumer sensor though, so don’t expect miracles at this pricepoint.
A good step up that I can recommend personally is http://www.dynamixyz.com
Would like something between $200 “might work if you’re lucky” price and the $9000 “Only for major studios” price