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Sign up with Inhabitat to submit comments, stories, events and listings to us. JILL FEHRENBACHER – Founder, Editor-in-Chief Follow Jill on Twitter at @jillfehr. Broadband Deals - Unlimited broadband packages. Join Sky today. 3D Printing. Covering Customer Experience, Social Business & Information Management. 3D Scanning Smartphone App. Kyle Maxey posted on December 09, 2013 | 1 Comment | 8304 views When we talk about 3D scanners, usually we’re referring to expensive, tripod or robot-assisted devices that cost several thousand dollars.
Those days may be in the past, however, as researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an app that will allow any smartphone to accurately scan and display models in 3D. As of writing this, scientists at the University’s Computer Vision and Geometry (CVG) Lab have yet to give their app a name, but they have shared a number of details about their patent pending application. According to researchers, the new app uses a smartphone’s camera to continuously scan objects in front of its retina. As the user moves their phone around an object the app uses the device’s native inertial sensors to select part of the image required to build a 3D surface. “Only two years ago, such a software [could] only run on massive computers. Images and Video Courtesy of ETH Zurich. Your smartphone as a 3D scanner. 3D scanning aims to capture the geometry of the 3D world.
However, most existing solutions require a complicated setup, are often hard to use and might not always work outdoors. Marc Pollefeys, professor at the Institute for Visual Computing and his group found a way to develop a software that works with existing smartphone technology that allows the user to scan a 3D model almost as easy as taking a photograph. The technology was demonstrated publicly for the first time today at the International Conference on Computer Vision in Sydney, Australia . Instead of taking a normal photograph, a user simply moves the phone around the object of interest and after a few motions, a 3D model appears on the screen.
Approach works in a wide variety of settings The app also makes it possible to visualise the state of the 3D scan from different viewing angles, allowing the user to cover all the areas of the object he is interested in. Increased interactivity for the user. 3D printing trends. ESA/Hubble. WIKISKY.ORG.
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