# Types of Depth camera's & alternatives for position tracking

At HKU we have most of these camera's available. Inform about the possibilities at the Blackbox

<table border="1" class="align-center" id="bkmrk-kinect-360-kinect-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1584.55px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 33.3745%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3745%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3745%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 195.211px;"><td class="align-center" style="height: 195.211px;">![kinect 360.jpeg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/kinect-360.jpeg)

[**kinect 360**](https://reserveren.hku.nl/equipment/search/kinect "for loan at most Blackboxes")  
[Kinect on Mac ](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/chapter/kinect-on-mac)  
[Kinect on Pc](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/chapter/kinect-on-pc)

</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 195.211px;">[![KinectOne.jpeg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/kinectone.jpeg)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/kinectone.jpeg)

[**Kinect One**](https://reserveren.hku.nl/equipment/search/kinect "for loan at most Blackboxes")

[Kinect on Mac ](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/chapter/kinect-on-mac)  
[Kinect on Pc](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/chapter/kinect-on-pc)

</td><td style="height: 195.211px;">[![kinect azure.jpg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/kinect-azure.jpg)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/kinect-azure.jpg)

[**Kinect Azure**](https://reserveren.hku.nl/equipment/search/kinect "For loan at Blackbox")

[Kinect on Mac ](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/chapter/kinect-on-mac)  
[Kinect on Pc](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/chapter/kinect-on-pc)

</td></tr><tr style="height: 475.656px;"><td style="height: 475.656px;">[![realsense.webp](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/realsense.webp)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/realsense.webp)

[**Realsense**](https://reserveren.hku.nl/#equipment/188757 "for loan at uitleen")

</td><td style="height: 475.656px;">[![Orbbec-Astra-Pro-Realsense-Diepte-Camera-Met-Ldm-Rgbd-Kan-Worden-Gebruikt-Op-Ai-Robotics-Drones.jpg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/orbbec-astra-pro-realsense-diepte-camera-met-ldm-rgbd-kan-worden-gebruikt-op-ai-robotics-drones.jpg)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/orbbec-astra-pro-realsense-diepte-camera-met-ldm-rgbd-kan-worden-gebruikt-op-ai-robotics-drones.jpg)

**[Orbec Astra](https://reserveren.hku.nl/#equipment/189555 "for loan at Blackbox JK!")  
[plugin for Touchdesigner](https://forum.derivative.ca/t/nuitrack-skeleton-tracking-plugin-for-touchdesigner/352108 "plugin")**

[![image.png](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/BYpimage.png)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/BYpimage.png)

[**Orbec Femto Bolt &amp; Mega**](https://shop.orbbec3d.com/Femto-Mega "NOT JET @ HKU")

</td><td style="height: 475.656px;">[![zed 2i.jpg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/scaled-1680-/zed-2i.jpg)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-09/zed-2i.jpg)

**[zed 2i](https://www.stereolabs.com/zed-2/ "for loan at Blackbox!")** Camera for depth perception, motion and AI, the ZED 2i is a durable and versatile stereo camera that can be deployed in most environments. (also outside!)  
[**Zed in Touchdesigner**](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/page/others-cameras-plugins "Bookstack puglins & tutorials")

</td></tr><tr style="height: 365.438px;"><td style="height: 365.438px;">**[![oakDlite.jpeg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/scaled-1680-/oakdlite.jpeg)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2023-10/oakdlite.jpeg)**

**[Oak D ](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/page/oak-d)Lite** Spatial AI camera (open source) OAK stands for OpenCV AI Kit.  
PC &amp; Mac compatible, python setup necessary! For loan @ Blackbox  
[Touchdesigner setup](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/page/others-cameras-plugins "Plugins")  
[Data sheet](https://github.com/luxonis/depthai-hardware/blob/master/DM9095_OAK-D-LITE_DepthAI_USB3C/Datasheet/OAK-D-Lite_Datasheet.pdf) or [datasheet](https://docs.luxonis.com/hardware/products/OAK-D%20Lite)

</td><td style="height: 365.438px;">[![motion-leap.png](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/scaled-1680-/motion-leap.png)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/motion-leap.png)

**[Leap motion 1](https://www.ultraleap.com/leap-motion-controller-whats-included/)**

</td><td style="height: 365.438px;">[![motion-leap2.png](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/scaled-1680-/motion-leap2.png)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/motion-leap2.png)

**[Leap motion 2](https://leap2.ultraleap.com/leap-motion-controller-2/?_gl=1*qk9agb*_ga*NDY2MTExNzc5LjE3MDcxMjU4NjI.*_ga_5G8B19JLWG*MTcwNzc2OTc4NS43LjEuMTcwNzc3MDA0OS40OC4wLjA.)**

</td></tr><tr style="height: 518.445px;"><td style="height: 518.445px;">**[![hokuyo.jpeg](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/scaled-1680-/hokuyo.jpeg)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2024-02/hokuyo.jpeg)[Hokuyo](https://reserveren.hku.nl/equipment/details/189673 "for loan at Blackbox!")<span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">  
</span>**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The URG-04LX-UG01 scanning laser rangefinder is a low power, small, accurate, high-speed device for obstacle detection. Using the USB interface for power and communication, this unit can obtain measurement data in a 240° field of view up to a distance of 4 meters.</span>

[<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">download driver (link)</span>](https://nextcloud.hku.nl/s/D5qz34keXgcSD5T "Hokuyo driver")

  
https://www.hokuyo-aut.jp/products/data.php?id=2

  
Touchdesigner has a chop for it, the Hokuyu will work when connected, in mac

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Some comparison articles:**  
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[https://www.generationrobots.com/blog/en/luxonis-vs-realsense-which-depth-camera-should-i-choose/](https://www.generationrobots.com/blog/en/luxonis-vs-realsense-which-depth-camera-should-i-choose/)  
[https://docs.ipisoft.com/Depth\_Sensors\_Comparison](https://docs.ipisoft.com/Depth_Sensors_Comparison)   
the 3 kinects compared: [https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/2/413](https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/2/413)   
  
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depth maps compared  
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Apps that can do body tracking for your mobile devices

<table border="1" class="align-center" id="bkmrk-zigsimproan-app-that" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 33.3333%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3333%;"></col><col style="width: 33.3333%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center">**[ZIGSimPro](https://1-10.github.io/zigsim/getting-started.html)**  
an app that turns your phone/tablet into a depth sensor &amp; tracking camera (over OSC)</td><td>**[iKeleton OSC](https://github.com/gwangyu-lee/iKeleton-OSC "github on iKeleton & TD patches")**  
an app that turns your phone into body tracking camera (over OSC) sending X&amp;Y coordinates  
</td><td>**[Media Pipe](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/3d-depth-cameras/page/mediapipe "Media Pipe documentation")\***  
MediaPipe is a cross platform Framework for building machine learning pipelines for processing time-series data like video, audio, etc.   
Amongst many other possibilities it turns your webcam into a depth/tracking camera.</td></tr><tr><td>Mocap: optitrack <span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">**TBD**</span></td><td>Mocap: Vive 2x<span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);"> </span>**<span style="color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">TBD</span>  
Vive trackers  
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