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The Photosimile 5000 is a professional office photography machine that is able to take professional 3D images from physical products/people placed in its central chamber. The imager work by utilizing a camera running along a rail, which can take a number of user defined images that are then translated into one unified 3D photo. The device can only capture the uppermost half of the item in the central cage, as the camera rail does not run along the base; however, the item being captured is rotated in 360 degrees, meaning the resultant snapshot can be viewed from all angles. Check out the video to see it in action.
The Photosimile 5000 is a professional office photography machine that is able to take professional 3D images from physical products/people placed in its central chamber. The imager work by utilizing a camera running along a rail, which can take a number of user defined images that are then translated into one unified 3D photo. The device can only capture the uppermost half of the item in the central cage, as the camera rail does not run along the base; however, the item being captured is rotated in 360 degrees, meaning the resultant snapshot can be viewed from all angles. Check out the video to see it in action.The Photosimile 5000 will be able to output GIF and flash files, and the camera can be removed and replaced, if needed. There is no distributor in the US, and the guys at Ortery were unwilling to provide a price range for the Photosimile 5000, but it looks really promising nonetheless. [Ortery]
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can it do a 3D image of my head?
That's some sexy hard\vapor-ware right there. 'Unwilling' probably means it's the only one. Im sure a '5000' dollar deposit might get you on the waiting list though.
So, not an actual 3D image, but a gobs-of-still-images-from-every-angle object movie.
QuickTime VR. Nothing new here. Many auto manufacturers have had car-sized ones for the past decade.
Combine that with the 3-D printer, make it take 2 images (One right side up, one upside down.) And you have a home mug counterfeiting operation. "It's just one dam project after another?" Mwahahaha, you amuse me little beaver. I shall make millions of you. MWAHAHAHA!
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@distantbody: Exactly what I was thinking!
That's wimpy.
Now this [www.breezesys.com] is a 3D setup :-)
meh [www.nextengine.com] got it right a while back - desktop 3d imaging under 3k
sure beats the hell outta pointing & clicking & dragging
It would be a lot simpler and make a way smaller file to just make a 3D rendering of whatever you're trying to put in there.
@DISTANTBODY is totally right, we've had those for a long time, only better. I've been shooting Object VRs and regular VRs for a long time now, and don't need a big expensive rig to move my camera. What is that a crappy point-and-shoot, $100 camera mounted in it? At least my friends and I use decent cameras to make this stuff.
Its not even new - the UK RSA 1989 Impact of CAD system used this.
If they combine 'shape from shading' algorithms and a constant reflective surface - yes maybe a laser scanner too) they'll get accurate 3D.
Its not the capture technology - it is what is being uesed to 'understand' the input
@alin0steglinski: can it do 3d image of my head?
So that your head can exist inside a glass jar for the future(rama)?
Stick Jessica Alba in there to demo it and they wouldn't be able to keep up with all the orders. I'll take two.
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