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Kinect hack shows off simulated skeletal X-ray [video]

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 6:58PM EST
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A team of German developers is doing some pretty interesting work with Kinect thanks to the OpenNI open source framework, which allows programmers to build applications utilizing the technology surrounding Microsoft’s Kinect sensor. The team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich has created an augmented reality app dubbed Magic Mirror that allows a user to view a simulated x-ray of his or her skeleton. Using a CT scan from an anonymous patient, the app tracks the user’s motions along the X, Y and Z axes with a Kinect sensor. It then adjusts the view of the scan with each movement, resulting in an impressive interactive x-ray that appears to display the user’s skeleton. Hit the break for a video demonstration and an explanation of how the application works.

[Via joystiq]

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