[Wired] 3D Webcam via Delaunay Tetrahedralisation

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DuckieHo

Discussion Starter · Nov 24, 2009

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/...nt-3d-scanner/

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Itâ€™s called ProFORMA, or Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition, but it is way cooler than it sounds. The software, written by a team headed by Qui Pan, a student at the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University in England, turns a regular, cheap webcam into a 3D scanner.

Normally, scanning in 3D requires purpose-made gear and time. ProFORMA lets you rotate any object in front of the camera and it scans it in real time, building a fully 3D texture mapped model as fast as you can turn an object. Even more impressive is what happens after the scan: The camera continues to track the objsct in space and matches itâ€™s movement instantly with the on-screen model.

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Dawlish7

· #2 · Nov 24, 2009

I'm Happy to exist during this time.

Osiris[405]

· #3 · Nov 24, 2009

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I'm Happy to exist during this time.

this.

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rpm666

· #4 · Nov 24, 2009

That's pretty cool.

Stealth Pyros

· #5 · Nov 24, 2009

Oooohhh I like it... I can definitely imagine this being used in games. Do a few slow 360 spins in front of the camera for an accurate model of yourself and have it imported into a game to use online. Pretty nice.

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DuckieHo

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 24, 2009

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Do a few slow 360 spins in front of the camera for an accurate model of yourself

naked.

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Ross_uk

· #7 · Nov 24, 2009

3d webcam pr0n!

Stealth Pyros

· #8 · Nov 24, 2009

Lol it would sure make it easier to design your character in The Sims. I can see it now. "The Sims 4, now introducing an accurate model of you when you take a shower."

Didn't the original Sims game have a feature like that? Take a snapshot of your face and put it on your sim. Ughh... didn't work very well.

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Regarding a target audience... pigs roll around in mud and crap all day, they love it, but it's still mud and crap they're rolling around in at the end of the day.OCN quotes:

Quote:Originally Posted by Schoat333

LG's best Android phone is like having the shiniest turd.(So true)
Quote:Originally Posted by Abs.exe

How do you think they are making money? If you have a gmail account or a phone even without gmail on it google has a folder with your name on it with all your life and private information stored. I'm talking about what IP you use to browse the internet to your bookmarks to your most visited website ( Yes, they know you do

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Just grab a real web browser instead. Google is ripping every single data you can give them. I wonder how long they know on you.

VulcanDragon

· #9 · Nov 24, 2009

"Clever math"? That's a bit of an understatement, I would say.

Lige

· #10 · Nov 24, 2009

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Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition, but it is way cooler than it sounds

I think it sounds pretty cool.

Stealth Pyros

· #11 · Nov 24, 2009

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"Clever math"? That's a bit of an understatement, I would say.

Definitely. If you watch the video, you can see that the software 'accidentally' picks up the person's hand while he's rotating the object, but corrects it after the next several rotations. Pretty intense coding if you ask me.

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Quote:Originally Posted by Lifeshield

Regarding a target audience... pigs roll around in mud and crap all day, they love it, but it's still mud and crap they're rolling around in at the end of the day.OCN quotes:

Quote:Originally Posted by Schoat333

LG's best Android phone is like having the shiniest turd.(So true)
Quote:Originally Posted by Abs.exe

How do you think they are making money? If you have a gmail account or a phone even without gmail on it google has a folder with your name on it with all your life and private information stored. I'm talking about what IP you use to browse the internet to your bookmarks to your most visited website ( Yes, they know you do

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Originally Posted by Abs.exe

Just grab a real web browser instead. Google is ripping every single data you can give them. I wonder how long they know on you.

tombom

· #12 · Nov 24, 2009

Sick stuff.

I remember Tony Hawk's Underground had stuff where you put your face in.

This is a step up.

pale_neon

· #13 · Nov 24, 2009

they use something similar to this when scanning athletes for sports games i think. but a lot slower.

Rothen

· #14 · Nov 24, 2009

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12/Nov/2009 - In a few months time when code porting (to new library versions) is complete, a Linux-based demo of ProFORMA should be released. This will be followed by a windows based demo.

I can't wait!!

AMD+nVidia

· #15 · Nov 24, 2009

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I'm so getting my girlfriend one and not telling her what it does

Our umm... webchats will be much... more interesting!

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DuckieHo

Discussion Starter · #16 · Nov 24, 2009

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I'm so getting my girlfriend one and not telling her what it does

Our umm... webchats will be much... more interesting!

Post the video.

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AMD+nVidia

· #17 · Nov 24, 2009

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Post the video.

Wait, so this software can do this with any old webcam???

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Lige

· #18 · Nov 24, 2009

That is what it looks like, yeah.

MrAlex

· #19 · Nov 24, 2009

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Wait, so this software can do this with any old webcam???

That's what it says on the box!

This will be so fun

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Humanfactor

· #20 · Nov 24, 2009

I wonder if it can make an interior 3d image, like if i want my room to be the next de_rats map in cs...

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