http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/ Engadget Comments for Cambridge's ProFORMA does 3D scanning with any stationary webcam 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/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/I want this in my phone (with camera) when you go to IKEA and come home and open uo sketchup :D]]>Nov 27th 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
...in 3D!]]>Nov 23rd 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
Actually, there's only one problem with that, at least from what I can tell: even if you were to use a turntable from a record player or a Lazy Susan or something, I'm thinking that even the turntable would become part of the object. If you look closely, they guy's hand gets modeled at one point; it gets edited out by the program, but traces of it are still there on the finished model.

Now, if you had a lightbox and a turntable made of a circle of perfectly clear matte glass or plastic or something, THAT might work…

I wish that there was a download for this on the Cambridge site. :(]]>Nov 23rd 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/What I would be really interested in seeing is how fast an object can be scanned. Of course, the program would have to be optimized for efficiency and probably run on a rather powerful system, but it would be awesome if you could just drop an item on a turntable, quickly spin it 360 degrees, and have a rendering of it.]]>Dec 14th 2009 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
Let the modeling of all action figures commence:
he-man
gi-joe

Barbie??]]>Nov 23rd 2009 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/QiPanComputerVision:
The hand, like the background, is discarded from the reconstruction as it does not conform to the rigid body motion of the object. The only assumptions made are that the object is a rigid body and at least part of it is within the white circle you see at the start. No background subtraction is being done, which means that the camera does not have to remain completely still (e.g. can be worn on an AR headset).]]>Nov 23rd 2009 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
The circle will capture an area of what is in that circle. Once it's been captured, it detects the differences between the screen cap and the live data. Thus it will see that there's a changing object that it should look for, and that anything additional added to the live video like dust, static non moving objects, or a hand, will automatically be ignored. It probably also detects pixel changes...like matching the colors of the textures.


Hopefully there's a app that will be released to the masses for this.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 24th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/I agree with the 'hell no', but only in regards to Barbie.

Someone's forgetting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bucky O'Hare! :D *]]>Nov 23rd 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
I'm very excited that this is being developed and that hopefully can be used to create motion tracking for your 3D characters in like Maya or 3D Max.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
I can see this as near-real time intelligence gathering from the sky, forming a 3D, interactive environment that can allow for precise strategic planning in guerrilla warfare.

I can also see this is as the perfect way to build physical models, then have it reconstructed digitally for manipulation and production overseas, or scaled up for a life-size building, and design development and documentation occurring in CAD.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Mar 11th 2010 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/With web-cams?]]>Nov 23rd 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/]]>Nov 23rd 2009 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/ export to autocad for small-scale structure models
architect student ]]>Nov 23rd 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Also, that model doesn't look too real-time-oriented, needs some (alot of) optimization.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 23rd 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/
Scan me, I want to get into game "like me"

Ohh! I want to try that shirt on my visual model !

Ohh no! My visual model playing in a porn! that's not me..]]>Nov 23rd 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Hurray for comment mis-firing. >.< I think I actually liked the OLD comments system BETTER.

Sorry, Basroil, this was meant for one of the (Unverified)s above you.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 25th 2009 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/object of that size don't usually need that much polygons to recreate them... ...my noob opinion :)]]>Nov 27th 2009 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 27th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Nov 28th 2009 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/please mac version too Qi]]>Nov 28th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/cambridges-proforma-does-3d-scanning-with-any-stationary-webcam/Dec 10th 2009 6:05AM