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Pete O'Hanlon30-Dec-14 11:46
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Florian Rappl30-Dec-14 23:09
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The SDK does not make much sense (pun intended) and where you find it excelling I find it limiting.

We created, e.g., a 3D scanner with the RealSense SDK. It was a pure mess. The precision of the camera and the abilities of the SDK have been in the way. In the end we had to use the most primitive API possible and directly smooth over everything. Still, the result was not very pretty. With the Kinect it is easily possible as the Kinect Fusion implementation demonstrates. Going beyond simple gestures is a pain. If you just use the built-in gestures then I agree with you - its alright. But is that really what I want as a developer? I hardly think so. Otherwise the last ~15 years in software engineering are just useless. Who needs extensibility?!

I still don't know what should be the use-case of a near-field camera in an Ultrabook. When I am sitting in front of the device I will definitely not use it. The Kinect is much better in almost every area. But I can see that they bought you where I had to refuse Smile | :) . Glad at least one developer I know likes the SDK.
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