orphanlast
January 24th, 2012, 02:18 PM
I have read some material about the xbox kinect getting official drivers for windows in Feb.
I've seen some of the stuff that hackers have been able to do with the kinect such as, creating instant 3d models just by pointing the kinect at objects. Im sure its only a matter of time until its used by just about everyone for motion capture and film making.
Is it unrealistic to think that you could film a scene with live actors (all of which have been scanned by the kinect) and they play out their roles in a scene (which has also been scanned) and in the editing room they dont just have film, but 3d data to selectively choose what camera angles and camera paths they want in digital 3d space after the fact (after filming the scene).
If its not unrealistic then if i may be able to take a few steps further and say that this would allow us to make bullet time events in a film without the crazy rig that they used for the matrix.
Now if Im not just completely jumping off the deep end, how difficult would it be to plug that 3d filming data into something like blender and use its editing features to implement those editing features i just mentioned? Would a new mod need to be developed? And if so what would make a developer interesed in making the next revolutionary form of film editing?
I MAY be interesed in any developer that would be interesed in this sort of thing. Please tell me if I'm even being realistic and please tell me what I can do to get developers interested in a project like this.
Obviously a big fat check would make a developer happy. I have a business partner that might be able to find some funding for this sort of thing. So please take me seriously. But my business partner and I are still doing a start up business, though he's found some success in other ventures. He just needs to know where to start a project like this, and with me having had such welcoming help on this forum I thought this would be a good place to get some opinions and assistance.
I've seen some of the stuff that hackers have been able to do with the kinect such as, creating instant 3d models just by pointing the kinect at objects. Im sure its only a matter of time until its used by just about everyone for motion capture and film making.
Is it unrealistic to think that you could film a scene with live actors (all of which have been scanned by the kinect) and they play out their roles in a scene (which has also been scanned) and in the editing room they dont just have film, but 3d data to selectively choose what camera angles and camera paths they want in digital 3d space after the fact (after filming the scene).
If its not unrealistic then if i may be able to take a few steps further and say that this would allow us to make bullet time events in a film without the crazy rig that they used for the matrix.
Now if Im not just completely jumping off the deep end, how difficult would it be to plug that 3d filming data into something like blender and use its editing features to implement those editing features i just mentioned? Would a new mod need to be developed? And if so what would make a developer interesed in making the next revolutionary form of film editing?
I MAY be interesed in any developer that would be interesed in this sort of thing. Please tell me if I'm even being realistic and please tell me what I can do to get developers interested in a project like this.
Obviously a big fat check would make a developer happy. I have a business partner that might be able to find some funding for this sort of thing. So please take me seriously. But my business partner and I are still doing a start up business, though he's found some success in other ventures. He just needs to know where to start a project like this, and with me having had such welcoming help on this forum I thought this would be a good place to get some opinions and assistance.