http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/ Engadget Comments for Z Corporation debuts "world's most affordable" portable 3D scanner, still more expensive than your car http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
Well, most of the things on here are more expensive than my car. That's not saying much since I have duct tape keeping it together... fml.]]>Sep 17th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
http://www.hulu.com/watch/96105/the-jay-leno-show-duct-tape#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Frecent%2Fvideos%3Frd%3D0]]>Sep 17th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
You'll come out one morning and be like, Bird, Eye, Man with Dog Head? YOU SON OF A B!%$#!]]>Sep 17th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
When this thing gets under $500 USD, then we'll be talking. But until then, humans are cheaper, which sucks, if you ask me...

* goes back to fiddling with polygons *]]>Sep 17th 2009 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
No, not like that.

I used to use Z-Modeler back when it was in version 0.9 and back when your Kyro II would hate you for making a model that had more than 6,000 polygons. I wrote plug-ins for Oleg to support new games. I've lost so much geek cred in the meantime, it's shameful.

It was a fun hobby and it TOOK FOREVER, because I couldn't afford DSL so I couldn't pirate Maya, this was before they started giving it away to hobbyists. I had to do my work polygon by polygon. I got carpal tunnel, but I made some cool cars for Need For Speed 3, 4, and Hot Pursuit 2, not to mention a few really nice models for Racer: Free Car Simulation.

All that said, I would've much rather had a 3D capture device and spent my time optimizing the mesh, creating textures, and tweaking normals.

There was that one time, though, that I emailed the guy who designed the Saleen S7, and he gave me his Rhino nurbs curves to work off. That was friggin' cool.]]>Sep 17th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
They can "Beam" things across the room!]]>Sep 17th 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
Use the woman in this video as a reference.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EblHQEdm-QM
youtube.com/watch?v=EblHQEdm-QM

Awaiting your response...]]>Sep 17th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/
3d scanning is usefull for quality control (not this scanner) and reverse engineering. If you have a complex multi curved object it is much faster to do a scan and afterwards start working from there.

There are already cheapers scanners (mostly fringe projection) available. Well bellow 20k they are just not accurate.


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Yanks and their crazy cheap cars (and gas)...

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Gotta love the insecurity.



BTW it looks like Wall-E's head... just sayinnn']]>Sep 17th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://revision3.com/systm/laserscan/]]>Sep 17th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/They have a desktop 3d scanner that outputs stitched polygon volumes in minutes, for under $5000.
When I worked at a toy company in LA a few years ago, we beta tested their first gen product. They have come pretty far since.
They don't have the precision of these z corp products, but they would be great for the game industry etc.]]>Sep 17th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/Sep 17th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/17/z-corporation-debuts-worlds-most-affordable-portable-3d-scann/

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