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Types of Depth camera's & alternatives for position tracking


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kinect 360

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Kinect One


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Kinect Azure


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Realsense

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Orbec Astra

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Orbec Femto Bolt & Mega

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zed 2i
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

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Oak D
Spatial AI camera (open source) OAK stands for OpenCV AI Kit.
PC & Mac compatible, python setup necessary! For loan @ BB Jk
Touchdesigner setup
Data sheet

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Leap motion 1

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Leap motion 2

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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.

download driver (link)


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








Some comparison articles:
https://www.generationrobots.com/blog/en/luxonis-vs-realsense-which-depth-camera-should-i-choose/
https://docs.ipisoft.com/Depth_Sensors_Comparison 
the 3 kinects compared: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/2/413 



depth maps compared

Apps that can do body tracking  for your mobile devices 

ZIGSimPro
an app that turns your phone/tablet into a depth sensor & tracking camera (over OSC)
iKeleton OSC
an app that turns your phone into body tracking camera (over OSC) sending X&Y coordinates
Media Pipe*
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.
Mocap: optitrack TBD Mocap: Vive 2x TBD
Vive  trackers
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