3D sensor on Nexus 10

In addition to the already well-known innovations on Google I / O, the conference showed a truly spectacular development from the company PrimeSense - the three-dimensional Capri 3D mobile sensor - which brings to the concept of “augmented reality” really impressive features. It can also be assumed that soon something new will be added to the already boring arsenal of “features” on smartphones.

In fact, we are talking about a working prototype of the tablet, assembled on the basis of Nexus 10, which can scan the surrounding space in real time and with high accuracy, thereby creating a three-dimensional model of objects. Something similar has already been done for a relatively long time by the Kinect prefix (at the same time, the same company is behind the same company, PrimeSense), however, we are talking about a significant reduction in the size of the Capri 3D sensor and the availability of ready-made samples of programs that can demonstrate its capabilities only for games.
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Best of all, of course, the performance of the Capri gives the video, filmed by journalists Engadget in a dark corridor on Google I / O.

The video below, lasting about 8 minutes, shows a number of examples of using the sensor, the SDK for which you can already pick up here .

First, some augmented reality program is demonstrated, which allows building an interior based on a three-dimensional model of a room where the interview itself was taken directly by placing various items such as chairs or chairs by dragging it into it, and it is clearly seen that the program can calculate the intersection of a virtual chair with other objects of the model. More than likely, this is not all.

It is also clearly seen between conversations that the sensor is able to register the movement of people in real time and obtain the metric characteristics of model objects.

And, finally, it demonstrates that, in the light of recent advances in 3D printing, it really can serve as a revolutionary impetus for its further development. A nearby casket was scanned using a sensor and was saved as a CAD file that can be easily printed on a 3D printer. Thus, it is easy to imagine a situation where in the near future, the owner of a Nexus 15, having seen the thing he liked on the store counter, can get a phone from his back jeans pocket, quickly get a CAD file and immediately send it to the 3D printing service so that soon get in the mail or pick yourself some trifle, or even something more impressive. And all this without the special expensive and bulky 3D-scanners.