Looking to do some 3D scanning on the cheap? Well okay, you will need to have an iPhone for this one, but if you do then $6 will allow you to do 3D scanning with the iPhones facetime camera. $0.99 will buy the Trimensional app, and export to other formats including .stl (which can be imported to Blender) is unlocked with a $4.99 in-app purchase.
More information on the app, plus links to the iTunes app store can be found at the Trimensional website.
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I wish that they made this app available on Android market.
Cool, though it looks like it might be fairly easy to program, If you have a camera that you could control completely from the computer, apeture, shutter speed and flash brightness, you could have it take multiple pictures in succession and then create a program to calculate the depth map
Actually I revise that based on watching other videos you'd have to program your computer as a light, and sync your camera to take pictures
I prefer to wait for a PC version of the Kinect...
Or how about using video instead of a single photo? (plus it uses Blender !)
http://www.wjamesmaclean.net/Grads/Mierle_MASc.pdf
In most cases this scanning is just useless, flashy thing. It is just as useful as drawing on iphone with your finger. Good luck with getting anything decent with it.
plzplzplzplzplzplzplzzzzzzz DONT be a failed project
Does it only scan faces? Or does it work on other objects as well?
is jour name just axel or are you taking my indentity becouse i didn't type the first comment
For android are there "3D Scanner"
http://www.photo-to-3d.com
Here's a team who's got 3D scanning in real time via optics and advanced signal processing: http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/~song/
Would love to be able to set up an inexpensive 3D scan solution. Would have great potential!
Hello,there is alternatives...go to here http://code.google.com/p/structured-light/
and download the free software
it only requires a camera and a projector
it's a nice piece of software wich gives good results in real time.
project by Kyle Mcdonald
or you can try David LaserScanner (free) it requires a webcam or camera
and a line laser.
Happy Scanning :)
I guess you could use any matchmover software to do this.
This is solid technology, don't get me wrong; yet there's an odd feeling of obsolete...when a telephone attempts to do your job.
0_o
time to stay creative.
I purchased the app for .99 and used it. Its fun seeing the outcomes of the play.
Because it is play, as it doesn't capture the geography of your face very accurately.
Moreover, the export out of the OBJ file costs extra, $4.99 per export. Also the mesh is very dense at 3.5 Megs. That's a lot of triangles.
I tried reworking it in Blender/Silo, but it was a hog to move around.
However, I close with, it's a fun little app to try. Just don't expect a mature output.
> Moreover, the export out of the OBJ file costs extra, $4.99 per export.
*cough* _per_export_ ?
Doesn't sound so cheap anymore (cost-wise).
A couple of other neat options for 3D scanning:
http://wiki.makerbot.com/3d-scanner
or
http://www.vi3dim.com/ (which is payware with a demo version - but pretty cheap @ $20 just now.)
Post your alternatives here! :-)
@Bozo and @FXR, it's actually just a one-time upgrade for $4.99 to enable unlimited export.
That's a little more digestible.
I've removed the read permissions for
http://www.wjamesmaclean.net/Grads/Mierle_MASc.pdf
because it's killing my bandwidth quota. If you really need this file, contact me.
There exists an alternative for Android smartphone: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.hsrm.objectify
I wrote Objectify a few months ago and I am constantly trying to improve the process of generating 3d models