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This is really cool, but it also feels to me like doing this implies a level of technology that skipped an important step. Why aren't there cheap 3D scanners th
by klmadfejno 7y ago
This is really cool, but it also feels to me like doing this implies a level of technology that skipped an important step. Why aren't there cheap 3D scanners that can just make a point cloud with multiple cameras and spit out a blender model? That would be so incredibly useful for game devs.
Maybe that's naive of me. But I'm not sure why.
- andrewla 7y agoThere are tons of 3d scanners, including ones that can live on your phone (I think Autodesk made one), up to professional grade ones with a turntable and cameras. They spit out an STL that can be imported into Blender and used for whatever purpose you like. I think practically this sort of thing is not that useful -- it's easier to iterate on 3d models in a 3d editor (especially since for animation purposes you need to have a parameterized model) rather than trying to get something from a real object.
- why_only_15 7y agoOut of curiosity, are scanned models less efficient to display than hand-crafted ones?