E-commerce giant Amazon made headlines recently with its plans to capture 3D scans of its clients bodies for more accurate online shopping, but it is far from the only company exploring this possible application of 3D scanning technologies. For the past five or so years, an Australia-based company has been …
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In December 2017, INSTOK AUDIO, a large medical manufacturer, largely known for its superior, custom-made hearing aids, purchased their first Drake Mini scanner from Thor3D. The company wanted to harness the power of 3D scanning to create more realistic face-prosthetics (i.e. ears, eyes, chins, noses) in their Protez-Studio subsidiary. The …
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A paper that was just submitted to the Cornell University Library describes how to obtain accurate 3D body models and texture of arbitrary people from a single, monocular video in which a person is moving. The paper was authored by Thiemo Alldieck, Marcus Magnor, Weipeng Xu, Christian Theobalt and Gerard Pons-Moll; it …
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MachineWorks Ltd, creator of the Polygonica Polygonal Modelling Software Engine, is introducing new solutions for solving difficult 3D scanning problems such as complex hole filling in a point cloud of the 3D object. 3D scanners often produce 3D models with missing regions or with holes. Polygonica’s latest function addresses hole …
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Leading 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker is integrating HP scanning software with its Ultimaker Cura slicing software. This integration significantly simplifies the workflow to 3D print scans from HP’s Sprout and 3D Structured Light Scanner Pro S3. The integration is another example in the growing list of Ultimaker Cura-supported 3D applications. Ultimaker has …
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Trustworthy Beijing – as the Asian partner for 3D scanner manufacturer SMARTTECH – will present, for the first time in Asia at TCT Asia, the latest version of company’s 3D data editing software – SMARTTECH3Dmeasure v. 2018. TCT Asia 2018 is the leading exhibition of 3D printing and 3D scanning in Asian …
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Age Simulator is a multi-part and multi-stage project whose indirect goal is to make life easier for elderly people. Get Models Now design office, together with the Faculty of Wood Technology at the University of Life Sciences in Poznan, has taken the gloves in the fight for a better and …
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SHINING 3D, a leading Chinese leading, specialized in the development and manufacturing of 3D digitizing and 3D printing technologies, unveils today two new accessories for its EinScan Series: Discovery Pack and EinScan HD Prime Pack—at CES 2018. Both new products are exhibited in the SHINING 3D booth (North Hall #8706). …
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SHINING 3D is teaming up with two leading 3D scanning software companies, Geomagic (3D Systems) and Verisurf, to expand its reverse engineering offer to include two new professional solutions. Both solutions include the company’s popular Einscan 3D scanners and a selection of advanced software tools. The Geomagic campaign will allow EinScan …
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TechCrunch was the first to reported that Amazon has acquired Body Labs, a company with a stated aim of creating true-to-life 3D body models to support various b2b software applications — such as virtually trying on clothes or photorealistic avatars for gaming. The acquisition has since been confirmed by Body Labs on the …
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