Clearpath has one and has been experimenting; it is much better than the Kinect 1.0. Unfortunately, the terms of the alpha agreement means we're not able to share detailed technical specs or datasets yet. -Ryan On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:47 PM, James Ronald wrote: > Supposedly the new and much improved Kinect Version 2 which uses a > different technology make Prime Sense obsolete. I can't believe that we > have not heard more about the new sensor. > > Here's a blip from Microsoft from early last year: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2013/05/23/the-new-generation-kinect-for-windows-sensor-is-coming-next-year.aspx > > > Anyone know the scoop? > > - Jim > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Arkapravo Bhaumik < > arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I had seen this coming, neither ASUS nor Prime Sense ever made a big >> publicity of their product which was much better than MS Kinect. On the >> contrary LEAP, that is also a motion controller/sensor though of a >> different design/make etc and cannot be a replacement for ASUS or Prime >> Sense, they did make lot of publicity of their product. >> >> Even then, I would be surprised if ASUS Xtion went off the stores as ASUS >> has a gaming console [1] based on the Xtion ! >> >> [1] >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/asus-enters-video-game-console-war-with-wavi-xtion/25093 >> >> On 22 January 2014 06:44, Chris Jones wrote: >> >>> Primesense has shrunk their website down to just a single page and taken >>> down all information on their sensors. I just sent them a message through a >>> form on their site. Has anyone heard, are they no longer selling cameras? I >>> need the Carmine 1.09 for my boxing robot that I hope to bring to market in >>> the next few months. >>> >>> Asus Xtion Pro Live (Carmine 1.08 clone) is on the Asus website but >>> they've pulled it from their store. >>> >>> If they are no longer available that's going to be a huge blow to >>> robotics projects everywhere. >>> >> >> -- >> *Arkapravo Bhaumik* >> >> >> http://mobotica.blogspot.in/p/head.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >