Review Article
A Review on Technical and Clinical Impact of Microsoft Kinect on Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Table 4
Comparison of the four discussed depth sensors.
| Feature | Kinect (1st generation) | Leap | Creative | Xtion Pro Live |
| Size | | | | |
| Frame rate (fps) | 9–30 | 30 | 30 | 30/60 |
| Maximum depth resolution | 640 × 320 | N.A. | QVGA (320 × 240) | VGA (640 × 480) with 30 fps QVGA (320 × 240) with 60 fps |
| Maximum RGB resolution | 640 × 320 | N.A. | 1280 × 720 | SXGA (1280 1024) |
| Access to raw image | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Depth sensing range | Seated mode: physical limits 0.4–3 m Sweet spot: 0.8–2.5 m Default: physical limits: 0.8–4 m Sweet spot: 1.2–3.5 m | 0.025 to 0.6 m | 0.15–0.4 m | 0.8–3.5 m |
| Diagonal field of view | 27° U/D 43.5° V 57.5° H | N.A. | 73° | 70° D 45° V 58° H |
| Compatible platform | Win 7, 8 | Win 7, 8 Ubuntu Linux Mac OS | Win 7 | Win XP, Vista, 7 Linux Ubuntu 10.10 Android (by request) |
| Programming language | C++, C# Visual Basic | C++, C# JAVA Python Javascript Objective-C Mono Unity, Unity | C++, C#, JAVA | C++/C#, JAVA |
| Tracking | Whole body | Hand/finger/tool | Hand/object | Whole body/hand |
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