ProFORMA: Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as an early demo of generating 3D models just by filming an object, in threads on Kinect, 3D printing and depth cameras.
What it is
A three-minute demo of ProFORMA, a system from Cambridge that builds textured 3D models live from a video of an object.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2010 to 2014.
What Hacker News said
Cites MarkNederhoed · 2010-11 · on “Hacked Kinect is now a 3D video capture tool”
It's rough but still pretty damn cool. Software that does this from footage can easily be in the thousands of dollars. Image the results if you pair a kinect with this: [this video]
Cites AUmrysh · 2013-05 · on “Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?”
I was at a local hackerspace and paid about $180 into a building class, but then it didn't work out and other things came up in my personal life and that of the person giving the classes. I think the $200-$300 range is where it's going to have to get to before 3d printers become wildly popular. Most people can overlook the low quality of the prints and the acetone wash if the cost of the printer is less than that of an iPad. Not everyone is going to want to use a 3d printer, but I feel like those of us who do want them but don't have them just don't feel that the price justifies the quality of current printers. The other barrier to ubiquitous 3d printer use is, in my opinion, a lack of cheap
Cites ohwp · 2014-04 · on “Depth data viewer for Google Camera ”
By taking pictures of different angles a point cloud can be generated from the depth data which can be triangulated into a 3D model. I own a 3D printer and hope 3D scanning apps will soon be available. On the other hand, this demo is showing 3D generation by just filming the object: [this video] I wonder why this didn't take off.