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  Re: Awesome. Instant 3D model entry based on a cheap webcam  
From: Invisible
Date: 30 Nov 2009 04:21:17
Message: <4b138e8d$1@news.povray.org>
>> I imagine one could not too difficultly add code that would help the 
>> software figure out what it needs to see to be correct. It'll 
>> certainly be easier to start with the almost-right model than to start 
>> from scratch.
> 
> Even if it can't get it 100% correct, it would be great for very quickly 
> getting a 95% correct mesh done (with textures!), that only requires a 
> bit of tidying up in a modeller knowing that the overall dimensions and 
> proportions are correct.

I guess I was hoping for a system that would take a pair of photos and 
reproduce the blades of the grass, or the bumpmap of the grain in the 
wood, or the individual sugar grains in a sugar jar, or similar. You 
know, like the human eye can. The demo here seems very far from this level.


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