[ros-users] Primesense cameras no longer available?

[James Ronald]

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 at 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 <chris.jones at overthrowrobotics.com>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*
>
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