autodesk.blogs.com: Use your camera to capture people, places and things around you as amazingly realistic 3D models. Capture friends, sculptures, buildings or anything else you can photograph. Automatically transform them into interactive 3D models that can be shared with friends, family, and an ever growing community of 3D photographers.
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I played with this application a little last year for a class project. I haven't tried the new version, so I can't speak to its improvement, but the version from a year ago was surely a work in progress. The "compass" feature sounds like an improvement right off the bat. Making sure you've captured all sides of an object was guesswork before. I have to say, the thing that is most interesting to me about this article is what it doesn't mention: Autodesk is releasing its own 3D printer sometime in 2015. Yes, actual hardware from Autodesk. They seem hell bent on capturing the "Maker" market, and seem poised to do so. Their model is expected to retail in the $300-$400 range and be suited for personal home use, rather than precision industrial market. All these 123D apps (Catch, Make, etc.) will no doubt seamlessly integrate with the printer, and all your wildest 3D printing dreams will come true. Now if only 3D printing wasn't so boooooooring...
As this application evolves, what potential uses do we see for this technology. A few things pop into mind.
Depending on the resolution and accuracy that we can obtain with the technology, could be be able to use it to generate accurate 3d models of venue architecture, allowing for scenery to be built with a perfect fit?
What about using this to scan in delicate props, allowing rehearsal props to be 3d printed instead. On the props note, perhaps the designer see’s something he likes at a store, he could potentially scan it and have the props shop build it (although I’m sure there are legal issues at play with that particular use).
How about for taking measurements on performers? I don’t know very much about how that works, but I can imagine that as body types are shapes are different, sometimes the standard array of measurements doesn’t work for all performers. Being able to take a 3d measurement would allow the shop to design patters and map them to the 3d model, much the same way that we map a composite drawing of scenery to a groundplan.
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