Rounding up the unusual suspects
This chapter's demo applications are tested with three cameras, which are described in the following table. The demos are also compatible with many additional cameras; we will discuss compatibility later as part of each demo's detailed description. The three chosen cameras differ greatly in terms of price and features but each one can do things that an ordinary webcam cannot!
|
Name |
Price |
Purposes |
Modes |
Optics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sony PlayStation Eye |
$10 |
Passive, color imaging in visible light |
640x480 @ 60 FPS 320x240 @ 187 FPS |
FOV: 75 degrees or 56 degrees (two zoom settings) |
|
ASUS Xtion PRO Live |
$230 |
Passive, color imaging in visible light Active, monochrome imaging in NIR light Depth estimation |
Color or NIR: 1280x1024 ... |
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