{"id":90,"date":"2012-02-10T19:15:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T19:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2012-02-14T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T10:58:29","slug":"understanding-people-activities-for-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.giovannigualdi.com\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"People Analysis for Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <span style=\"color: #993300;\">PrimeSense sensor<\/span>, better known for its Microsoft implementation named Kinect (for XBox360) has raised a huge interest in among Computer Vision scientists.<\/p>\n<p>This sensor has been primarily devised <span style=\"color: #993300;\">for hand gesture recognition<\/span> (e.g. wave, swipe, push, circle, etc.), <span style=\"color: #993300;\">or the body pose<\/span>; the very low price (approx. 150\u20ac) and the very reliable body\/hand analysis have triggered a real success of the product.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" style=\"width: 480; height: 360;\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cDHSBxAP4Es&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;autohide=1\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cDHSBxAP4Es&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;autohide=1\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube\" style=\"width: 480; height: 360;\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-8S576_ML4U&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;autohide=1\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-8S576_ML4U&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;autohide=1\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Beyond body\/hand analysis, the potential applications are many and are basically limited only by creativity. I have personally developed an application product that, through the use of the PrimeSense sensor provides a <span style=\"color: #993300;\">virtual &#8220;touch&#8221; sensitivity (similar to a touch screen) to<\/span> any surface, such as a <span style=\"color: #993300;\">window shop, a back-projector screen, a painted wall, or even the surface of a liquid;<\/span> obviously this can be used to make &#8220;touch sensitive&#8221; even a regular 42&#8243; LCD\/LED.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" title=\"projection-touch.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this )\" href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/projection-touch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/projection-touch-t.jpg\" alt=\"projection-touch-t.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"highslide\" title=\"TouchWall.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this )\" href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TouchWall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TouchWall-t.jpg\" alt=\"TouchWall-t.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"highslide\" title=\"touch_wall.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this )\" href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/touch_wall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/touch_wall-t.jpg\" alt=\"touch_wall-t.jpg\" \/><\/a>A further application that is ready for product release is the <span style=\"color: #993300;\">estimation of 3d models on an environment<\/span>, in order <span style=\"color: #993300;\">to apply metric measures without intrusive inspections<\/span>, as demonstrated in this video sample.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\" style=\"width: 480; height: 360;\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Cldf7UdFq1k&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;autohide=1\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Cldf7UdFq1k&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;autohide=1\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PrimeSense sensor, better known for its Microsoft implementation named Kinect (for XBox360) has raised a huge interest in among Computer Vision scientists. 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