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Thanks Engadget for reporting, for this has made my day :)]]>Dec 23rd 2006 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/david-software-turns-your-webcam-into-a-3d-laser-scanner/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/david-software-turns-your-webcam-into-a-3d-laser-scanner/
I set it up in a completely crappy situation, calibration on a brown cardboard backing, yellowy light (incandescent) really crappy webcam and the laser level has a licker line than I think will produce good results on a detailed object.

I got the general (blobby) shape of my objects - one a plushy cat toy, the other a bottle of wood glue - but it proves to me that this could work pretty well under optimum settings, which I intend on doing, using the same laser, but a white light, DV cam and a better background.

I can't wait to give it a real go.]]>Dec 23rd 2006 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/david-software-turns-your-webcam-into-a-3d-laser-scanner/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/david-software-turns-your-webcam-into-a-3d-laser-scanner/Dec 25th 2006 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/david-software-turns-your-webcam-into-a-3d-laser-scanner/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/22/david-software-turns-your-webcam-into-a-3d-laser-scanner/Jan 4th 2007 10:00AM