With the recent release of Microsoft's Kinect, there have been many people imagining the possibilities of what this device can do other than gaming.   Within days or a week of it's release, an opensource driver was created.  That driver didn't do much, but abled the user to control the camera and see the coordinates of what's it's seeing.  Jump to days later, you've got people who created more code so that it can see you in 3D.

It's amazing how this little device can construct 3D space on what it's looking at in realtime.  Not only that, the price is a steal.  There are many applications that this can be for.  It can be a tool for someone in the creative or scientific field.   There are many possibilites for 3D creatives out there.  If it can track person, could this be a cheap solution to motion capture?  Or maybe you don't what to model a whole environment.  Why don't you just use the camera to create the world for you and heck, why not just texture it for you as well.  I'm sure there are scientific uses for it, but my mind doesn't work that way so I can't come up anything for it.  As good as it is, the only drawback is that it's not in HD.  The resolution is far too low.  Though it's accurate (able to tell the true distance or length of an object), the image is far to noisy for use in mocap or 3D manupilation.  There would be a lot of clean up to get something of a professional look.  So in that sense this is great stepping stone, but I'll wait for Kinect 2.