Best software for Kinect as 3D Scanner

[eveninggown]

What is the best and most useful software out there to use the Kinect as a 3D Scanner? Also, how would I go about using it as a scanner? Can I do it through my PC?

[3dkarma]

I've used reconstructme successfully to scan the kids' heads and print busts with and xbox360 kinect. There's a good instructable on it here.

[Maggie]

3D is reconstructme free? Will this work with the original kinect i have in my basement just lying around for the last several years?

[3dkarma]

Free for non-commercial use and works with my old kinect (xbox 360). Can download from the frontpage of reconstructme.net.

[BradAngelo]

Does reconstructme work on the new Kinect? Also, I've heard that KSCAN3D is great software for scanning with the Kinect. Has anyone used it? I just don't like how it is priced at $299. Think it's worth it or can the free software work just as well?

[3dkarma]

reconstructme doesn't work with the new Kinect, as I understand it. The new Kinect doesn't have a standard USB port but Microsoft will be releasing a Windows-compatible version of the hardware and an SDK later this year. I'd expect a compatible version of reconstructme some time after that.