{"id":11178,"date":"2006-08-06T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2006-08-06T11:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2006\/08\/3d-data-capture-takes-a-leap.html"},"modified":"2006-08-06T11:48:52","modified_gmt":"2006-08-06T11:48:52","slug":"3d_data_capture_takes_a_leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/06\/3d_data_capture_takes_a_leap\/","title":{"rendered":"3D data capture takes a leap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran engineer Steve Perlman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/07\/31\/technology\/31motion.html?_r=1&amp;th&amp;emc=th&amp;oref=slogin\">has unveiled Contour<\/a>, a system for capturing facial details in 3D space.  The system goes beyond traditional motion capture methods by covering actors&#8217; faces in phosphorescent powder, then recording their movements from multiple angles.  The <i>NYT<\/i> story features a quick <a href=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/packages\/other\/business\/20060731motion.mov\">video<\/a> of the results, and Studio Daily&#8217;s got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiodaily.com\/main\/news\/6911.html\">more background<\/a> on these developments.<br \/>\nSpeaking of 3D capture,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Eyes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humaneyes.com\/products\/3d-software-photographers\/how-it-works-photographers\/\" \/>offers photographers a system<\/a> for creating 3D data using off-the-shelf equipment; here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humaneyes.com\/view3D.php?file=coffee_800x600.swf&amp;w=800&amp;h=600\">an example<\/a> of the output.\n<li>Capture devices continue to decrease in size and price.  Next Engine&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextengine.com\/indexSecure.htm\">3D desktop scanner<\/a> costs $2,495 and is about the size of a cereal box.  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/technology\/2_grand_for_3d_data_capture_oh_yes_3362.asp\">Via<\/a>]\n<li>Microsoft researchers this week unveiled <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.live.com\/photosynth\/\" \/>Photosynth<\/a>, a system for analyzing a large number of 2D photos to generate a 3D fly-through.  They depict related research in <a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/IVM\/PhotoTours\/PhotoTourismFull.wmv\">this video<\/a>.\n<li>Hardware makers continue to step up and deliver hilariously large amounts of processing power, as with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2006\/08\/02\/nvidia-quadro-plex-1000-goes-nuts-with-80-billion-pixels-per-sec\/\" \/>80 billion pixel-per-second Nvidia expansion unit<\/a>.  (Somewhat of a bummer, the $17k box is not equipped with actual tank treads or a smokestack.)<\/ul>\n<p>Developments like these, combined with tools like <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/Adobe+Acrobat+enters+third+dimension\/2100-1012_3-6029407.html\">Acrobat 3D<\/a> driving proliferation, mean we&#8217;ll be seeing more &amp; more approachable, practical 3D implementations.  Interesting times ahead.<br \/>\nPS&#8211;On a more analog 3D tip, check out Richard Sweeney&#8217;s beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/richardsweeney\/sets\/72057594105588057\/\" \/>paper sculptures<\/a>.  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/materials\/paper_sculpture_3680.asp\">Via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran engineer Steve Perlman has unveiled Contour, a system for capturing facial details in 3D space. The system goes beyond traditional motion capture methods by covering actors&#8217; faces in phosphorescent powder, then recording their movements from multiple angles. The NYT story features a quick video of the results, and Studio Daily&#8217;s got more background on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}