3D Scan with an Xbox Kinect (2024 Edition) | 3D Scanning Series

[@alexmata483]

Weeeell I swear, I just look for this right now and saw your playlist from 7 years ago and just save it for later and scrolling down just a bit more u saw this freshly baked video 1 day ago, wow I'm amazed I'll enjoy this, thanks for taking this time of yours and sharing your knowledge, man

[@3DRevolution]

Haha hope you enjoy it. It's my pleasure!!

[@StoneyKenobi212]

Can also just solder a simple barrel connector to the kinect instead of buying the adapter and swapping the proprietary usb to a regular 3.0 usb A for all you tech repair guys out there.

[@tin2001]

I used a dead USB stick for the USB plug, and the USB stick housing became the place to keep the solder joints tidy. I just soldered a power pack straight to the wires instead of having a socket. I figured the USB port I'm plugging into is likely to always be within a metre or so of a power socket.

[@NoMercyFtw]

Thank you for this I've been looking for a low cost solution for this for a while and I completely forgot about the kinnect

[@cbbbbbbbbbbbb]

I actually used two of the original Klinects and published a research paper many years back on the application and use of two 3d scanners for optimal placement and accuracy. I've owned the kinnect for windows since release and did a few things with it and the original leap controller (when it was still in beta). Super underutilized tools.

[@SwervingLemon]

How you write a paper on the Kinect and misspell it's name TWICE in your comment? I'll check out your paper.

[@EnlightenedSavage]

Where's the paper.

[@summer_stormtrooper]

Finally a good video about this, I shared my experience on reddit with the V2 version, but I needed a direct comparison with the v1 version, and now I see why the result of the V2 version is inferior 😢, I would like to investigate the code of the 3D scanner but I don't know how to program lol.

[@4.0.4]

I remember how when the Kinect was announced as Project Natal, it was "the future". There was that tech demo with an AI boy in a presentation, it was an age of big promises. These days I would only want to buy one for the 3D scanning purpose, though watching someone else do it is cheaper and less effort is involved, so thanks.

[@CoyoteFPV]

The Microsoft 3D Scan download link does takes me to the store, but "Get" is not selectable. Anyone else stuck getting it downloaded ?

[@parkerlreed]

V2 is great for large area scans. Plus doing the mod for a 12V barrel jack greatly simplifies that cable setup. Just need a regular USB B 3.0 cable at that point. RTAB-Map works great for this.

[@MrYabbie]

Struth! This is fantastic! I have both types of Kinects, and have hoped to one day reuse them. I will certainly try both!!!!!! TY so much. Video saved in my watch multiple times list.

[@josephwisniewski3673]

Kinect still lives, sort of. Microsoft licensed it to a Michigan company called Orbbec, who are making "Femto Bolt", a camera with the same TOF depth sensor as the Azure, but a more compact enclosure, a different RGB camera, and improved multi-camera sync. They've dropped the array mic that covered the top of Azure, which is one reason the enclosure is about half the size. More interestingly, Orbbec's SDK is open source and you can use the Bolt with Windows, Linux, and MacOs. Now, as far as apps... Orbbec also has a series of camera called "Astra" that look like Kinect 1 and a series called "Gemini" that look like Intel RealSense.

[@dh2032]

yes looks the same but bit smaller, but the price £400+ I think most people would hole 360 game console with free Kinect 1 chuck with the deal? if only going to the exact same thing, even £10+ in PC adapter break out box, on top that?

[@danielgrotz5998]

Oh yeah now i can use my facescan to get the perfect fit of my 3D printed VR facemask for the Pico 4 thanks so much❤

[@gamedevinspire]

lots if great info's . keep them coming mate , subbed!

[@TimothyStovall108]

Hmm, have a Kinect V1 sitting in my closet. Time to get it out and test this out. Been wanting to get a scanner for a while, and if this can get close to what I want without spending any more money, then that would be great. Thanks for the video

[@Quicksymphony]

I still have a ton of these from my old dev days! Haha. I also have my ps4 cameras also. These projects were really fun.

[@Phantoty]

I can’t wait for the next video in this series. Hope to see some free options with and iPhone too!

[@3DRevolution]

Really glad you're enjoying it. Next episode definitely covers a free method that you certainly can do with an iPhone, but I'll also be covering some iOS exclusives later in the series. Happy scanning!

[@IMChrisThom]

Fun fact, if you ever visit the wizarding world at any of the Universal parks, the interactive wand displays use kinects to read the wand gestures.

[@jsInstalls]

Would like to see a comparison of Kinect vs iPhone pro

[@oljobo]

Yes! Oh… may I ask which app you use for 3D scanning? I just bought my first iPhone pro ☺️

[@jsInstalls]

@@oljobo I use Polycam a lot for work but I like KIRI better for scanning objects

[@oljobo]

@@jsInstalls Thanks! I recently found Kiri app and thought it was quite good! This was a nice confirmation 👍☺️

[@3DRevolution]

Stick around for something very much along those lines 😉

[@oljobo]

@@jsInstallsThank You!

[@nocturnalpotato]

wait... you can do other things other than kinect adventures? kidding aside, I had a laptop with all the 3d scanning tools for kinect and the drive failed. This is very timely. Thanks

[@3DRevolution]

Haha well glad it was well timed. I've been meaning to make this for around 5 years. Enjoy

[@TheMrDrMs]

Amazing, a few years ago I did this briefly with I think 3d scan or something on the ms app store. I busted out my kinect a couple weeks ago and well, that app is no longer avail and looked around for a bit how to do this. Gave up and moved on. Thanks for making this video! EDIT: well, I finally watched the video and ya, you mentioned 3D Scan too. that's not available for me (US, win 11). The "GET" button is grayed out. oh well, thanks anyways.

[@NakedSageAstrology]

Very cool, though I wonder if Meta's new SAM2 model can be used as a 3d scanning tool without the need for fancy equipment.

[@jaybruce593]

The real inspiration for the kinect was the PS2 Eyetoy,....

[@conorstewart2214]

I picked one of each up in CeX a few years ago, they sometimes have them too and may have them online.

[@metalworker3]

This is great!! Thanks. Can’t wait to try

[@wadeeliason969]

Watching the video makes me think I could rig up a spinning turn table with my motorised lego technic stuff. Use the live scan features and scan some cars and then use the scanned car models as a base reference mesh for modelling. I purchased a kinect v2 2 years ago to experiment with motion capture. But its just been sitting around. Maybe I could put it to some use

[@jackburton5085]

Nice video. I used the KV1 to scan many years ago. I would have bet that the V1 would have given better results, for the type of technology. However, you get better results with photogrammetry (better if with the help of an AI) you need a good quality camera. You could make a modification by removing the camera of the KV1 and putting one with better resolution.

[@JohnHansknecht]

Shouldn't those of us with Quest 3 headsets be able to 3D scan? After all, they have depth sensors and dual camera for 3D vision. Does a wonderful job scanning my room.

[@MegaDman42]

And it's gone. Just like 3D Builder, even following the link can no longer get you the software. Why are they taking these great tools away while 3D printing and thus scanning are becoming more popular every day? No freaking clue, but you can bet there will soon be places to sail to get these softwares, if they're not there lol

[@Maisonier]

Amazing video! It's a shame that Microsoft never released the full code for this sensor, and that there hasn't been any competition at this level. I have the Leap Motion, which is also totally outdated. Will you make a video about that? An open platform for open-source software and Linux would be amazing.

[@robertzarfas9556]

I KNEW I kept my Kinect around for a reason 😅

[@acem7749]

I created kinect v2 scan of my bust and printed back around 2015. That same bust was unable to unlock an iPhone account trained to my actual face.

[@StoneyKenobi212]

Have 3 kinect v1 and 2 kinect v2 just for 3d scanning. each bought for $10 at goodwill

[@B0A2]

Would love a video on the best possible scanner app for iPhone like the iPhone 14. I want to get into customized 3d printed footwear but not sure how best to approach this.

[@rafall1118]

Get dedicated scanning hardware, FaceID in iPhones is literally a shrunk down Kinect V1.

[@only1muppet]

If you just want to get basic geometry for footwear, you might be better off going to a shoe store to take pictures of the soles then importing them into your 3D app. If you want the entire shoe, photogrammetry on your computer would be a better option. Either way I think going to some place like Walmart, Target or shoe store to find shoes of different sizes and styles would be a good choice.

[@3DRevolution]

I will be looking into various 3d scanning apps in an episode later this series, but as others have mentioned here, there are a few affordable options in addition to apps, and I'll be looking at one of the main ones next week

[@HorrorRod]

I have the PrimeSense Carmine which is the company apple bought I guess to put into their phones? 3d animation artist so I was early to the 3d scan game:)

[@abombfletcher]

Ghost hunter setup is what i want to see...lol

[@3DJapan]

I didn't have an Xbox 360 but I bought a Kinect for this purpose. I had horrible results from it so I set it aside and never touched it again.

[@zybch]

It still does a good job considering it was absolutely not made for any kind of surface mapping. You still see a LOT of them in use at casinos. At Crown in Melbourne in some areas every table has one mounted above it. I guess its actual function as a skeletal capture unit makes a lot of sense where body language can be so important.

[@Yuriel1981]

But but, I love Horsey McHorseface!

[@BrainSlugs83]

I was able to install 3D Builder on Windows 11, in the US, today -- following the same method you described for 3D Scan, but for 3D Builder, instead. -- However, I was not able to find 3D Scan that way.

[@mrmorden76]

nice can't wait for your next video

[@haxorcomputerservices]

Very interesting thank you for this video. Which of these would be best for scanning roads/tracks to be used to create game maps? Always wondered if they could be used like that. Thank you once again, great video.

[@3DRevolution]

Glad you enjoyed it thanks very much. In terms of scanning roads/tracks, that's a very big undertaking. I would suggest the kinect certainly isn't a suitable solution for that (something I'll cover more in the final episode of the series), but stick around for the next episode (available already for channel members and coming soon publically) that covers what I'd say would be the best solution for scanning something of that scale.

[@florincostea7220]

Hi, thank you. Very nice and comprehensive. One situation that no one is exploring is multiple (4 or 8) Kinect devices scanning the same subject (person) at once. That will allow for much better proportion and would be instant. For now the only way (except custom solution with the SDK) is 4 or 8 PCs and mesh merging. Would you be interested to test that?

[@scottevoevans]

3d builder is still available in the UK and windows 11 think you should look abit further 👍

[@gsdtdeaux7]

I havnt finished the video yet but i believe theres 2 versions of the original connect. If my memory serves me correctly the 1st one had an orange plug and the 2nd one had a usb plug. Then there was one for the xbox1. I think it was for the 360 then the updated was for the 360 slim. Was the one for the slim the same one you mentioned that was for windows?

[@FieldStaffing]

the 3d scan app isn't available any more is there's any possibility that you will have those apps or can recommend something else

[@Subcode]

I installed everything as in the video, windows 11, neither skanect / k-scan or reconstructme detects the xbox 360 with the default sdk. it shows up in device manager just fine.

[@lefty0184]

Same thing happened to me 😥

[@ToasterTR]

i noticed you having problems with surfaces on the kinect V2, may i suggest a mixture of flour and iso alcohol applied via spray bottle? i scanned my cars front fascia before and after applying it and it made a massive difference in surface quality, turning flat surfaces from bumpy back to actual flat surfaces, i expect if you do then you will get significantly better results with the v2 vs the v1 since the v2's TOF camera is much more sensitive and accurate on correctly prepped surfaces (because it uses individual points rather than lines} than the v1's line projection and distortion measurement style of scanning. forgive me for the word salad but please do try applying flour to your scans and let me know how that goes :) i dont expect an entire update video or even an extra section but if you could also try it with the V1 since i dont have one on hand and let me know the results that would be amazing

[@MrAntonow225]

Hi, I actually have a spare Azure Kinect DK laying around. What software would you recommend for 3D scanning with it? It seems it isn't as widely supported as the original Kinects and has also been discontinued by MS around a year ago.

[@Swirlyr3]

Liked and subbed 💯

[@AndrewBeechwood]

Does anyone know if there's a trick to downloading 3D Scan from MS now? On Win 11 certainly the link in description takes you to the app's page, but download link then goes to the MS Store where there's no download possible.

[@3DRevolution]

Hmm, that's interesting. I was on Windows 11 in the video when doing all that, including the download. It may be regional, may I ask where about's you are?

[@AndrewBeechwood]

@@3DRevolution UK (Scotland to be precise). In the app page, the download button is there (and rather unhelpfully when clicked pops a message under the buttons saying there's a download of the installer in my downloads folder - there isn't), but clicking the app page dl link insists on trying to open the app store where there's no DL link. Hope this helps.

[@3DRevolution]

@@AndrewBeechwood Hmm that's weird. Out of curiosity, the App store hasn't randomly selected another folder as your download page? Can you check to see what it currently has selected as your downloads folder?

[@AndrewBeechwood]

@@3DRevolution Usual Windows user/Downloads I'm afraid. As I was using chrome, I also tried the link in vid description in Edge. Same result exactly. Not the end of the world for me because I have my v1 happily talking to ReplicateMe, but had wanted to try 3D Scan with an iminent purchase of a v2 as the price is pretty good.

[@plcmoreira]

Same for me, the download button does not appear in the store (I´m from Brazil). I´m in a worst situation because the recontructionme does not install in my win 10 (nothing happen when click in the install file)

[@odinsonkenobi]

That's what i needed.

[@f1pitpass]

good stuff! subbed

[@Serenityindailylife]

3d builder has been buried, its still there but it's hard to find. There are several 3d printing sites that have links.

[@individualone]

yup I use scanect. works ok but the model usually needs fixing up.

[@CygnosFabModels-h1x]

I believe the LiDAR object capture on the iPhone Pro models works better than this, as it supports object masking, allowing for capturing an object from all angles. However, I could be mistaken-what’s your preferred method?

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

Wouldn't photogrammetry deliver better results? Perhaps that is what you alluding to at the end of video. Edit: yep it was. look forward to it.

[@josephwisniewski3673]

Photogrametry requires details. A kinect can scan things that photogrametry can't, such as a curved surface with no detail.

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

@@josephwisniewski3673 Can't you just spray a temporary paint speckle or use black and white square stickers to fix that?

[@jrxtrc]

What I would like to know is if either xbox kinects could do scanning of old retro gaming consoles or handhelds well enough that they are just as good or good enough as the original.

[@dogieeu]

Hear me out, lattepanda and V2 scanner combined. Like 3D printed vertical handle with thicker portion to hide lattepanda and lithium cells inside and a small touch screen on the side so it can be operated. Why v2? Better shape and basic app.

[@Badkitty24]

Weird, i'm logged in to my microsoft account and when i hit download, nothing happens. It opens the microsoft store page but there is no download link and nothing automatically downloads.

[@Mckooldude]

3d Scan seems like it doesn't work anymore. When I get to the store page, the "get" button is greyed out and unclickable.

[@SwervingLemon]

Please cover the SDK. Thank you for this video.

[@DinoBaldi]

Do you think that could be possible to use more than one Kinect to have better results ?

[@Oktay34691]

After scanning human faces with a 3D scanner, can a 3D resin printer be purchased immediately from the application?

[@raztaz826]

The SDK of the v1 also contains a sample program to do turntable scans (without color). I wish there was an easier way to do motion capture.

[@sonicsnake44]

What this is WILD.

[@ryanmiskin]

I'd like to see a video on the toolkit.

I have the Kinect v1. Bak then when i connected it to my pc Microsoft patched it with a new firmware. If im right they did this to prevent some features the Kinect for pc did had. But could be the tools and drivers changed after v1 was discontinued. Back then i wanted to use the Kinect as webcam and speech commands. But i abandoned the idea for not getting colors as webcam.

[@deathshaker0026]

Have you tried using the lens to scan with it?

[@Q5Grafx]

i remember for the original kinect there was a lens kit you could use if you had a smaller space than ideal with oem kinect. i wonder if that would allow smaller items to be scanned better.

[@R4YTUBE]

Can you please post 3d scan software offline, I can't downloading it from ms store

It would have been nice if Microsoft opened up the firmware as opensource for these discontinued products. 😢

[@josephwisniewski3673]

You can use libfreenect1 for the sensors discussed in this video, and libfreenect2 for the kinect v2 that I have. I'm not sure if the OpenKinect project has done anything recently.

[@superrigo125]

could you use multiple camera, is there any benefit for that?

[@TheLaXandro]

What about dimensional accuracy? I know that you're supposed to model dimension-critical parts like mounting points yourself, but if they then don't at least roughly match the scanned model, it was all for naught.

[@3DRevolution]

I kind of reference a trick for this in the next episode, talk about dimensional accuracy quite a bit throughout the series, and will be putting some of it into use in the final episode.

[@gavinmosher7362]

Sadly for some reason the GET button is greyed out when I attempt to download from the windows store..... is there another way to get this program?

[@drewlarson65]

Would be cool to get ReconstructMe SDK working with multiple Kinects simultaneously.. Anyone down to start a project, I'm an average coder at best, could use a hand.

[@3DRevolution]

If you get this working definitely let me know. K-Scan (the old software I used 7 years ago) had this feature and I was going to do a video on it before they pulled it. Would make it much better for things like doing full body scans.

[@drewlarson65]

@@3DRevolution no promises, have to work around the SDK license as well

[@namechane1758]

Would this be good for automotive scanning engine bays

[@biolinkstudios]

why the fuck do they keep removing software

[@eugenechelovechniy]

And what's the point of doing such a low detailed and difficult to execute scan on a kinect when you can get a much better one using a regular camera? Anyway, great work on the proof of concept.

[@3DRevolution]

Tune into Episode 6 for my take on that :)

[@reyalPRON]

is ist me or does this chap look very surprised alot of the time?

[@3DRevolution]

Haha, It's my pre-emptive surprise that so many people are happily watching my videos :)

[@reyalPRON]

@@3DRevolution kept med waiting with an elevated level of anticipation. made me listen more carefully :)

[@darzl]

Will a kinect for windows work the same way?

[@neothedarkknight8094]

Sensor update failed.retrying... this is the error i get on reconsrtuctme with my kinect v1 any pointers??

[@TheCenturyPleyades]

The kinect sdk 2.0 is not longer avalilable 😥 "Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource."

[@limbeboy7]

Damn ị wish I knew this b4 buying a $300 scanner

[@3DRevolution]

Depending on your use case you very likely still made a good decision. Stick around till the end of the series to find out 😉

[@lefty0184]

Hi Very interesting Video but installed on Win 11 and got a flashing green light . Any help would much appreciated

[@magnusrexus]

Can you do a video on the other features on Xbox windows sdk

[@precisionleadthrowing4628]

the Kinect was discontinued DESPITE it's popularity and precisely because of people realizing the potential of the sensors (as well as potential for surveillance and quickly disconnected xboxes from internet)

[@EatFailSleepRepeat]

Yeah exactly thats why amazon echo, siri, ring cameras, roombas with cameras never made… *ring* hello? what? Nobody cares despite the.. But.. Really? oh, well.. yeah, I know.. we are doomed *hangs up* As i was saying: nope, overall roi was just not high enough..

[@cbdzcbdz]

I have been trying to get this to work for quite some time. I cannot get this to work with Windows 11, and Kinect V2. If anybody has any tips, please share.

[@RDD87z]

this is cool but image to 3d with AI is getting actually better than this result. Just use meshy or rodin , u guys should try it.

[@Serenityindailylife]

Please cover the sdk

[@Lilithe]

I have one of each (and both consoles) as well as the Windows kit for the V2, but to use it on a newer XBONES Never tried 3D scanning but I *have* tried body tracking for VR. It was horrible, but I should try again with the V1.

[@ducomaritiem7160]

Horsie McDustMask❤

[@K_1_T_C_H]

What about a playstation 5 camera?

[@BasavarajMurgod-h5p]

can we use it for windows 10 ???

[@pumachabra]

HOLY EYE CONTACT BATMAN! Great vid, just stop staring at me.

[@tetola_gamer]

21:17 lego man attack once more 😂😂

[@3DRevolution]

I'm really surprised no one else has commented on that shot yet 😂

[@tomyracing78]

no se puede descargar la apliccacuion

[@Hackjob-Extraordinaire]

im unable to download it...

[@gingz1980]

anyone know how to download 3D Scan?

[@sherlockhomes9919]

Huh? The resolution is too low

[@shrimpinpat]

you can do it with an iphone now so

[@FlavioMenegasso-jl8wg]

do you think a pair of macro lenses adapted to the kinect would improve its smaller object capabilities?

[@airbeast5671]

Definitely not as scanning with structured light leverages triangulation, and this is very much related to the focal length of the lens.

[@josephwisniewski3673]

@@airbeast5671 And yet, I've done it.

[@airbeast5671]

​@@josephwisniewski3673 it is very interesting, so you should share your way to that tweak. Worked out of the box or have you had to tweak and tune either hardware or software?

[@yaliofek4384]

tool kit!!!!!!