How the Kinect SLS Camera Works: The Science Behind Skeleton Mapping in Paranormal Investigations
A chair sits empty in a dark room. Then, on the tablet screen connected to the Kinect SLS Camera, a glowing stick figure appears, sitting exactly where no one else can see anything. This is not a trick or a filter. It is skeleton-mapping technology doing exactly what it was built to do, and it is one of the most compelling tools ever adopted by the paranormal investigation community. But how does it actually work? Here is the science. What Is an SLS Camera? SLS stands for Structured Light Sensor, a technology that uses infrared (IR) light, invisible to the human eye, to map depth and space in three dimensions. Originally developed by Microsoft for the Xbox Kinect gaming system to detect human body movements, paranormal investigators discovered that the same skeleton-mapping software appeared to detect forms invisible to the naked eye and the ghost hunting world has never been the same. How the Skeleton Mapping Technology Works The Kinect SLS Camera Stickman V8 uses an infrared light ...