# Cheap alternatives for Kinect?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cheap-alternatives-for-kinect/39150
**Category:** Electronics (Arduino, etc.)
**Created:** [October 8, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cheap-alternatives-for-kinect/39150 "2022-10-08T08:06:35Z")
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### Author: ![f42ter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/f42ter/32/16793_2.png) [@f42ter](https://discourse.processing.org/u/f42ter)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cheap-alternatives-for-kinect/39150/1 "2022-10-08T08:06:35Z")

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Is there a cheap alternative for MS Kinect and at least available in Germany and with Processing support?

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### Author: ![raron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/raron/32/13651_2.png) [@raron](https://discourse.processing.org/u/raron)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cheap-alternatives-for-kinect/39150/2 "2022-10-09T00:57:34Z")

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Maybe this?

> [@\[deep-vision\] YOLONetwork function question](https://discourse.processing.org/t/deep-vision-yolonetwork-function-question/39013):
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> library link : [GitHub - cansik/deep-vision-processing: Deep computer-vision algorithms for the Processing framework.](https://github.com/cansik/deep-vision-processing) weight, cgf link : [fire-smoke-detect-yolov4/README\_EN.md at master · gengyanlei/fire-smoke-detect-yolov4 · GitHub](https://github.com/gengyanlei/fire-smoke-detect-yolov4/blob/master/readmes/README_EN.md) Question. Q1) public YOLONetwork(Path configPath, Path weightsPath, int width, int height) Do the width and height of the above function mean the width and size of the object? Q2) yolov4-fire.cfg, yolov4-fire.weights The above two files are being processed …

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### Author: ![sableraph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/sableraph/32/251_2.png) [@sableraph](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sableraph)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cheap-alternatives-for-kinect/39150/3 "2022-10-11T12:56:47Z")

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This might be helpful but I don’t know which ones are available in DE or compatible with Processing.

[https://docs.ipisoft.com/Depth\_Sensors\_Comparison](https://docs.ipisoft.com/Depth_Sensors_Comparison)

It’s hard to find anything cheaper than a second hand kinect though 🙂
