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Creating a 3D pointcloud of my room

A late 2021-early 2022 adventure - 28/02/22

If I remember correctly (writing this in 2024), the steps consisted as follow:
  • getting a hold of an used kinect for 20 euros in a used game shop (Micromania - Zing),
  • installing libfreenect,
  • Installing RTAB-MAP,
  • Noticing that any scan that I do too quickly ends up in poor localization and that I need to move the camera very slowly to scan stuff,
  • Using potree to visualize the 3D pointclouds.
The final result is available here!
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Back to article list - Written on the 28/02/22.

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"They Call It Nature" by Chris Zabriskie
From the album "It's a Wonderful Jaws"
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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chriszabriskie.com
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