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Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-30T05:46:11Z

The architect in me is screaming to point out that unless there is a specific advantage to a method over and above the others, then the method is irrelevant compared to the business outcome. I.e, if you can scan it 100 different ways, it doesn't really matter if the outcome is still all the same....

So is there some advantage to this method over and above the others? does it derive a specific outcome that the other options don't ? Is there innovation over iteration ? if not, then it doesn't really matter if you use this method or one of the other existing cheaper options... all a cheaper-DIY option does is make the list of ways to skin this cat longer

Now if this method delivers something incredible the others don't - then its probably worth investigating. If it just skins the same old cat a different way, then may as well just use one of the existing razors to skin the cat anyway

(I also admit I'm jaded these days - having myself spent many years over engineering solutions to problems that didn't need them So I often look for the least resistant path to achieve the same outcome )

Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-29T19:40:10Z

This scanner is using a different scanning technique as well. Just as the Kinect and David Laser-scanner are different. What I am wondering is if there is a way to apply this scanning technique to a low cost DIY solution.

Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-29T18:01:45Z

Of course they're not the same, just like the precision between a Solidoodle and a pro-level printer aren't the same. But the OP was asking about DIY options of it, and there are a lot of hacks out there to make the xtion and kinect handheld, so they work more like this.

Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-29T17:29:45Z

the precision of the scan between the 25k one and the kinect/xtion is not the same AT ALL..

Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-29T15:36:36Z

adrian wrote:

Besides the portablity, isn't this just what you can do with a $250 Kinect for Windows (so it supports 'Near Mode' which the xbox ones don't) and use Kinect Fusion / Surface Recon from Microsoft ?
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/pro … facerecon/
Seems to me we already have a $250 version of it

The Asus Xtion also works well, costs less than the Kinect, and has a near mode.

Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-27T03:41:48Z

Besides the portablity, isn't this just what you can do with a $250 Kinect for Windows (so it supports 'Near Mode' which the xbox ones don't) and use Kinect Fusion / Surface Recon from Microsoft ?

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/pro … facerecon/

Seems to me we already have a $250 version of it

Re: $25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-26T07:29:52Z

The most related thing I can think of is 123d, but I haven't personally tried it yet. Also does "can you help make this 3d scanned model of my dick manifold so I can print it?" count as a first world problem, or do we need a new term for that?

$25k rapid light burst handheld 3d scanner

2013-04-25T01:00:10Z

pro-level price, has anyone heard about this scanning technique tried on a diy level?

http://www.dvice.com/2013-4-23/slick-ra … ls-seconds

"When you pull the GO!Scan 3D's trigger, you unleash a series of rapid-fire bursts of light, each of which signifies a data-collecting multi-angle image. Simply wave the scanner across the surfaces of whatever it is that you wish to scan, release the trigger and you'll have constructed a real-time, finely-detailed CAD file, complete with contours as small as the veins in your hand."