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Video of the Week: Kinect hack turns you into a 3D model

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:00 AM PST

Thought the Kinect-filmed music video was cool? This is better. Microsoft Kinect has been tweaked and paired with a 3D printer to recreate 3D models of people. Read on to see it in action, in our latest Video of the Week.

Put together by Karl Willis from Interactive Fabrication, the set-up enables users to gaze into the Kinect camera, from which their images are captured for printing via a 3D printer that makes the miniature 3D models.

As Kinect hacks go it’s one of the smarter ones we’ve seen, but we’re sure there are lots more out there. Seen a better one? Let us know in the comments section below.