[ros-users] FYI Kinect hacked driver for linux

[Lorenz Mösenlechner]

It looks like the driver is based on libusb which means that it should
be pretty easy to port it to Windows and OSX. There are libusb
versions for almost all important operating systems.

Lorenz

> Does anyone working on this know how easy it will be to port the source code to other platforms (e.g. OSX)? How much of the code touches the OS in linux-specific ways?
> 
> Just out of curiosity. 
> 
> --Nick
> 
> On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:18 AM, RobotNV wrote:
> 
> > Maybe we can start a bounty for releasing first ROS Kinect driver. ;)
> > 
> > On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:32 AM, Ivan Dryanovski <ivan.dryanovski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Is anyone working on a ROS wrapper/driver for this? I have a Kinect
> >> and I was thinking about starting to write one
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Stefan Kohlbrecher
> >> <stefan.kohlbrecher at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>> Very impressive sensor, especially considering the price.
> >>> Sample image I took today:
> >>> http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5162/kinectscreenshot.png
> >>> 
> >>> Minimum range is about 0.5m, from 1 to 4 meters+ one gets very dense
> >>> depth information.
> >>> 
> >>> 2010/11/11 John Browning <john_jsb at hotmail.com>:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Would be a great addition for a cheap ranging sensor
> >>>> 
> >>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20022467-52.html
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