Thread: Kinect is Legal for Both Drive Station and Field Use (Here’s why)
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Re: Kinect is Legal for Both Drive Station and Field Use (Here’s why)
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Originally Posted by synth3tk View Post
I'm not up-to-speed on the whole 'Kinect' thing, but doesn't it have some sort of laser? I think that's the FIRST-illegal part.
It sends a bunch of IR dots (normal light, not lasers) all over the room that it is being used in, and uses an IR camera to detect the reflected position and intensity of each dot to determine the depth.

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