Chapter 1. What Is the Kinect?
IN THIS CHAPTER
How Does It Work? Where Did It Come From?
We’ve talked a little bit about all the amazing applications that depth cameras like the Kinect make possible. But how does the Kinect actually work? What kind of image does it produce and why is it useful? How does the Kinect gather depth data about the scene in front of it? What’s inside that sleek little black box?
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