Topic: Extract 3D object from 2D photo - easy 3D-modelling technique
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- thsorensen
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Re: Extract 3D object from 2D photo - easy 3D-modelling technique
IMHO that could be huge. Especially if they, probably, are adding the ability to add a dimension to each span, thus taking it into proper scale. As a practical matter, if you used it to input objects in a well-lit photo with white or black background, for example, it might obviate the need for a 3D scanner. God, Indiegogo will collapse!
Go guys, make it so!
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Re: Extract 3D object from 2D photo - easy 3D-modelling technique
I can see where it would be VERY useful....only objects though and not pictures of people im sure.
Re: Extract 3D object from 2D photo - easy 3D-modelling technique
It seems to do most of its work by making assumptions based on the user input, so it's better for man made objects I would think. I remember another project that did a similar thing for interior spaces, in what they called a "Manhattan World". You can assume that doors, windows, walls, etc will be straight lines and right angles and fill in a lot of gaps from there.
I would be handy for getting distances and dimensions of things from a single photo. If you can give it one reference distance, it could tell you a lot about the sizes of a lot of other things in the frame.
Re: Extract 3D object from 2D photo - easy 3D-modelling technique
Aside from 3-d printing, these people are going to be very popular in Hollywood and the video game industry. I tend to suspect that a 3-d scanner will be cheaper than the 3-sweep software though :-).