Catalyst: 3D Printing - ABC TV Science. Converting Regular Images into 3D - Ubelly. The boys at Microsoft Research are smart… I mean really smart, they make simple developers like me, look like extras in The Only Way is Essex (for the US readers its a bit like The Hills).
At the MIX event in Las Vegas they had a number of booths near the restaurant in which they proceeded to blow the minds of passing developers. My favourite demo from the whole week was the one below from Eric Stollnitz. He showed a research project that could take a set of photographs and construct them into a 3D scene. 3d printing. How to build a 3D scanner from a $25 laser level. Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects.
We will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast. Search Systm on WonderHowTo for more DIY episodes from this Revision3 show. Use a free download to turn a laser level and a netcam into a highly accurate 3D scanner... all you need is a corner and a printer to make it all work!