My Xbox Live Vision camera arrived today . I bought it on priceminister for 25 euros (port included) : good deal.
While it might not be the perfect webcam for MT, it’s ok for a prototype and at least, the camera is natively recognized on my MacBook Pro.
So, first thing was to remove the infra-red filter at the bottom of the lens so that infra red light will be visible. I follow instructions from this guide . Then I put some exposed negative film so that normal light will be filtered. It takes only a couple of minutes to do those modifications and now I’ve got a nice moded webcam to test for my MT.
Here are three videos that show how IR light is received. In the third one you will see a bottle of Coca-Cola that serves as a test to ensure eveything works correctly. (In fact IR light pass thru the Coca-Cola, meaning that you can see what is behind the bottle … magic ? no …).
More to come soon as I found a PMMA plate today at Leroy-Merlin (50mm*50mm*8mm for about 20 euros).
