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		dclowd9901 on May 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3D Video Capture with Three Kinects Wouldn't it be more similar to the kinds of streams used in 3D online multiplayer games?

nitrogen on May 14, 2014 [–]

Not in this case, because the raw scanner data of the person has to be compressed and transmitted, while 3D multiplayer games only have to transmit the positions and actions of models that all the computers already have.

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