Mapping Buildings with a Kinect

Computers & Mobile Science
Mapping Buildings with a Kinect

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This cool mapping system created by MIT uses a Kinect motion tracker, a laser range finder, GPS, and inertial sensors to map out the interior of a building. [via Beyond the Beyond]

8 thoughts on “Mapping Buildings with a Kinect

  1. Margot Paez says:

    The video doesn’t seem to be working!

    1. Margot Paez says:

      Nevermind. It was my browser.

  2. Ben says:

    cool. i could see it for quality control in construction.

  3. Shaun Gehring says:

    Im sure Google has jumped on this as a way to map buildings in Google Maps

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