3D Scanning produces realistic digital sculptures

[valiancehearts]

I haven't posted in this forum in a long while, but something I stumbled upon was too exciting for me to not post it.

A creative firm called "Infinite Realities" is developing a body-scanning technology where by photographs of models are taken in a 360 degree formation. Now this, by itself, is not anything to be excited about; this idea has been around ever since the Matrix.

However, the people behind Infinite Realities has been tinkering with software and developed a platform where the photographs are used to render the model in realistic 3D. I've provided the link of one of his tech-demos on vimeo. He has more videos uploaded and I believe that some of them will be of great interest to everyone.

http://vimeo.com/65964328

I'll also provide the link for their website as well, because believe it or not, they have provided a free tech-demo for download to showcase their technology. Now I've yet to personally try it out as my internet (or perhaps their servers) is not cooperating and I'm downloading at 0.5kbps (the demo is approx. 315 megs).

ir-ltd.net

Now, personally, I'd love for this development to become mainstream. It's no secret what our interests are, given what this forum is. I'm hoping that in the near future, instead of being limited to videos, companies can create entire scenes in realistic 3D where we can walk around in. This technology lends itself to freeze fetish like no other and I am excited of the possibilities. Do note that his tech-demo is created with the Oculus Rift in mind. We may be at the brink of realistic virtual reality here, who'd have thought?

[Lord Hypno]

wow ..... wow is all i can say

i wounder is there's software to do the mutli capture with web cam's the quality would be a bit lower but it would be cheaper to get in to. cause i cant afford a min of 40 DSLR's cameras

[zapped13]

Imagine being able to create your own 360 degree California Girls video. I'd never have a reason to leave the house again.

[Lord Hypno]

Imagine being able to create your own 360 degree California Girls video. I'd never have a reason to leave the house again.

I with you 100% just give me a holodeck.. or in the mean time This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bytIGCeGxo

[meh]

Imagine being able to create your own 360 degree California Girls video. I'd never have a reason to leave the house again.

I with you 100% just give me a holodeck.. or in the mean time This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bytIGCeGxo

LH, download the demo and check it out!

http://www.ir-ltd.net/uploads/ML_Hydra-Scans.zip

Mirror site: https://mega.co.nz/#!EIxwSYrB!fNPmUQcQg ... KxXCgGEga8

Just unzip it and the exe will run it. I don't have one of those VR helmets so it's not in 3d but I can see the models just fine.

[Lord Hypno]

Imagine being able to create your own 360 degree California Girls video. I'd never have a reason to leave the house again.

I with you 100% just give me a holodeck.. or in the mean time This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bytIGCeGxo

LH, download the demo and check it out!

http://www.ir-ltd.net/uploads/ML_Hydra-Scans.zip

Mirror site: https://mega.co.nz/#!EIxwSYrB!fNPmUQcQg ... KxXCgGEga8

Just unzip it and the exe will run it. I don't have one of those VR helmets so it's not in 3d but I can see the models just fine.

oh i have that and heaven demo also http://ir-ltd.net/oculus-rift-vr-demo-vr02-3d-heaven01/

[valiancehearts]

For the people who have trouble downloading from the site and who want don't want to view the vimeo videos online, or can't, I'm providing dropbox links to the files.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rul2um7qvqnlkhf/cgQJRHtRzo

In the future, I hope that we have fully mobile pausable scenes that you can walk around in and interact with. The potential is all there, we just don't know how far along the technology is yet, but I honestly didn't think I'd live to see that day where 3D models can reach this level of fidelity.

What if the Japanese get a hold of this kind of technology and use it for their porn... my mind is blown.

[meh]

oh i have that and heaven demo also http://ir-ltd.net/oculus-rift-vr-demo-vr02-3d-heaven01/

Yeah sorry I misread your post.

In the latest demo you can switch from stereo to mono display by pressing tab but in the older demos that's not working. Is there a way to turn off stereo vision in the older demos?

[Lord Hypno]

oh i have that and heaven demo also http://ir-ltd.net/oculus-rift-vr-demo-vr02-3d-heaven01/

Yeah sorry I misread your post.

In the latest demo you can switch from stereo to mono display by pressing tab but in the older demos that's not working. Is there a way to turn off stereo vision in the older demos?

not that i have found ..... 1-10 changes the background z / x spins the current model e / space up /down and a,w,s,d is all i have really found useful