I recently found my old Xbox Kinect that came with the Xbox 360, and I wanted to see if the 3d scanning capabilities can still accurately pick up even twelve years later. I had tried this back in 2019 but had mixed results with the program I used (Skanect), which had a big paywall to download higher-resolution models of your scans.
But today, I looked to see if there are any better free programs out there where I could get the highest quality that the Xbox Kinect provided. After some googling and trying about three different programs, I found my favorite: ReconstructMe, ReconstructMe I found the best to be for free since it has probably the most settings versus the competitors. Unfortunately, it supports only the old Kinect (V1) and a few other 3D scanners. With settings such as distance to the object and how big the thing will be, you won’t accidentally capture other items around the subject.
After many attempts, through which I tried different ways of scanning my little sister, I found what worked best for me. Since I don’t have a fancy turntable, I used an old stool that she sat on while staying still in one pose. And since it was hard for her to keep her eyes still, I had her close her eyes. After scanning the entire body several times from up to down to get all of the corners, I realized that. And when doing the last scan around, thoroughly scan the face; thus, being the final image, it doesn’t have lighting on one side and not the other or noticeable color changes in the lighting. This so far is my best scan of my little sister:
(please note the lighting done in the 3d model previewer does affect the model’s look. thus being is too much whiteness on her left side.)
Learn how I took apart my Xbox 360 here: https://blog.ezraharris.com/taking-apart-an-xbox-360-phat-edition/