Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect

Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by chillingeffect on Thursday October 26, 2017 @12:28AM (#15556350)

Can't the LIDAR eventually be made to use IR wavelengths and thus synthesize 3-d images through fog?

also, the question of seeing the fog is more nuanced that can see/can't see:

"Just like it is impossible to give a simple answer to the question “How far can I see with a thermal imaging camera?”, it is equally impossible to say how much shorter the range will be in foggy or rainy conditions. This is not only dependant on the atmospheric conditions and the type of fog but it is also dependent on the IR camera used and on the properties of the target (size, temperature difference of the target and background, etc)" [http://www.flir.com/uploadedFiles/FOG_techNote_LR.pdf]

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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by _abak_ on Thursday October 26, 2017 @11:39AM (#15559867)

LIDAR typically uses lasers in the so-called eye-safe range (around 1.4 micro meters). This range is precisely around the absorption peak of water so that LIDAR cannot damage the eyes of pedestrians and other by-standers. By construction, LIDAR sucks in the fog, rain, snow, etc.

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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by katastic on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:38PM (#15562257)

But it has no problems with night. So it has some great uses.

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Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect by ATsch on Thursday October 26, 2017 @04:06AM (#15557173)

IR LIDAR is already widely used for terrestrial mapping and meteorology. I think if that was the solution it would have already been tried.

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