RoomAlive Toolkit & Hacking Augmented Reality with Kinect

We've mentioned IllumiRoom and RoomAlive before, but at Build 2015 there was a dedicated session AND the release of the RoomAlive Toolkit too!

Hacking Augmented Reality with Kinect

IllumiRoom (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/illumiroom/) demonstrated how projection mapping can enhance entertainment. RoomAlive (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/roomalive/) prototyped turning any room into an interactive, augmented experience. In this session, Andy Wilson (Microsoft Research) teaches the key concepts behind these projects including:

• Kinect and projector calibration
• Networking multiple Kinect sensors together
• Displaying dynamic AR objects in real-time.

Additionally, all tools and source code used in the session will be released on GitHub to enable you to make use of these techniques in your own projects.

Project Information URL: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/3-87

Kinect/RoomAliveToolkit

RoomAlive Toolkit README

The RoomAlive Toolkit calibrates multiple projectors and cameras to enable immersive, dynamic projection mapping experiences such as RoomAlive. It also includes a simple projection mapping sample.

This document has a few things you should know about using the toolkit's projector/camera calibration, and gives a tutorial on how to calibrate one projector and Kinect sensor (AKA 'camera').

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2013
• Kinect for Windows v2 SDK

The project uses SharpDX and Math.NET Numerics packages. These should be downloaded and installed automatically via NuGet when RoomAlive Toolkit is built.

Tutorial: Calibrating One Camera and One Projector

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ProjectionMapping Sample

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Calibrating Mutiple Cameras and Multiple Projectors

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More Online Resources

• Channel9 pre-recorded talk introducing the RoomAlive Toolkit with Ben Lower and Andy Wilson
• video of 3 camera/3 projector calibration
• The resulting calibration set can be downloaded here. Try opening this in CalibrateEnsemble.exe.
• video of projection mapping sample, showing view dependent rendering of 3D object
• video of projection mapping sample, showing wobble effect
• RoomAlive video

Source Code URL: https://github.com/Kinect/RoomAliveToolkit

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