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3D scanner may liberate ID interns from measuring hell

By Rain Noe - January 20, 2009

in Object Culture

At a previous ID gig I had to painstakingly measure every millimeter, angle and curve of a competitor's product using calipers and ship's curves, then create a model of it in the computer.

If Rochester, New York-based Real-View's 3D scanner is real, perhaps you young bucks can avoid similar fates. The website seems a bit dodgy and the Starship Enterprise aesthetics are a bit strange, but if the device does what it says it does, you'll be thankful you never have to touch ship's curves again.

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marc chapin

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On the website it says it will take a 360 degree video of your object. I think "3d scanner" is misleading. It doesn't convert your object at all to 3d surface scan data. It offers several models that include standard and high definition resolution video and a "professional" model. Now if someone were to pair this solution with a "photogrammetry" program, they might be able to come up with 3d data from stills taken from the turntable video produced on this unit.
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