Accuracy of Kinect xbox one and 3D builder

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Accuracy of Kinect xbox one and 3D builder

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support engineer from microsoft suggested me to post my question at this section:

Dear all,

i'm considering getting a set of Kinect Xbox one and installing 3D builder in order to get some of my company part scan. i wonder how accurate this scanning combo do? i know we can choose to have high resolution in the apps. also the higher my graphic card capability the better results the output model gonna be. i'm planning to get a pretty good PC with GeForce GTX 780 Ti GPU on it. But i wish to know what is the accuracy at it's highest resolution? is it +- .010" accurate? or +-0.1" accurate compare to the original model? please let me know if any one have any clue about this. appreciate your time and thank you in advance!!

please refer to link below for my previous identical post:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8\_1-winapps/accuracy-of-kinect-xbox-one-and-3d-builder/e9b3e691-2055-48fa-9234-630781758cf1

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Anonymous

Hell me-newguy:

Thank you for posting to the forum regarding your inquiry related to some things you plan to do on a Xbox console using Kinect. This forum you have posted to is for Xbox Music and Video support and we have limited information related to the console or the Kinect.

With this said, I would suggest you reach out to the options provided by Annu in your other thread where he suggested you reach out to Xbox support.

Xbox One live chat support can be started from here, http://support.xbox.com/en-US/contact-us#0:2:6 .
I am not sure if they are going to be able to assist regarding 3D builder. If they are not able to assist you in getting the answers you desire try posting to the Xbox forums here, http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/xbox_one_support/default.aspx .
The majority of information I have found regarding this application does not involve a console but is done via a computer using Kinect. Ultimately, you may need to continue to work with Windows support related to using this on your computer, http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/3d-builder/75f3f766-13b3-45e9-a62f-29590d5781f2 .

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Mark W.

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The Kinect v2 and 3D builder is not sufficient for capturing scans for any serious industrial purposes. I've tried it on many different systems and the best results I've gotten approached the +-.1" range, but I doubt they were quite that nice. The meshes are sloppy and require a ton of sculpting to hammer into a reasonable facsimile of the object that was scanned. You are better off taking nice photos and free photogrammetry like Autodesk's 123D Catch. If your subjects are small enough, there are reasonably priced desktop laser scanners that give good results, like the NextEngine.

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