World's First 3D Scanner On Sale For $17,000

[exfileme]

Looking for a machine that makes interactive images of real objects? Meet the Photosimile 5000.

World's First 3D Scanner On Sale For $17,000 : Read more

 

[maigo]

NOT the first. They've been on the market for years or you could just build one for little more than the cost of a camera.

 

[sicpric]

That thing looks bigger than my computer desk and cost more than my car..

 

[OvrClkr]

useless.....

 

[RabidFace]

I'm sorry, but for $17,000, and you can't have it be imported to Maya or a CAD project, this almost seems pointless.

I mean, there must be a market for devices like this, but can't see it being a huge market.

Now, we move to the NextEngine 3D scanner, it costs only $3000, and is able to scan object that are 6+ feet tall. (from the intro video on the site)

https/www.nextengine.com/indexSecure.htm

After seeing the NextEngine, it makes this piece of hardware look completely rediculous.

 

[thedreadfather]

Couple this with the "new" 3D printer and you can make real duplicates like you read in books, etc.

 

[micr0be]

3D FAIL

 

[redux fountain]

This seems like nothing more than an overpriced "propriatary" device that does in one process what anyone could do in stages with a camera, a laptop, and digital imaging software. That's not worth seventeen grand.

 

[Pyroflea]

If you can't import these objects into CAD, there goes the majority of your market.

 

[ktasley]

[citation][nom]thedreadfather[/nom]Couple this with the "new" 3D printer and you can make real duplicates like you read in books, etc.[/citation]

Except all this thing does is spin a camera in a circle while it takes photos...

 

[d_kuhn]

Not a first nor even particularly noteworthy. We've got a 3d scanner in one of our labs at work (ATOS)... it can export geometry directly to Solidworks or Rapidform and costs a LOT more than 17k. http/www.capture3d.com/products-ATOS.html

Resolution is respectable given the tech (20-40 microns with care in scanning), which seems pretty bad to me (I build sub micron to single digit micron level measurement systems) but in reality is pretty good for many applications.

 

[Pyroflea]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]NextEngine 3D scanner is the PC.Photosimile 5000 is ANY Apple computer. PC does is better and at half the price just like the NextEngine. One of the best articles I've ever read:http/www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/25 [...] l?hpt=Sbin[/citation]
That's pretty much the best article ever.

 

[TheDuke]

so this thing is basically a waste of money

 

[tat2demon]

"four daylight bulbs spouting 6500K of illumination"

Just a side note, 6500 Kelvin is the temperature (color) of the light, not the amount of light. 6500 is about natural sunlight. The higher the number the more blue it is, the lower, the more red.

 

[mohsh86]

NOT The first, My friend did it as a senior project - Computer Engineering !

 

[jfem]

very expensive.

 

[belardo]

Photosimile 5000? Its the first? What about the 1000? 2000? 3000?

WTF? Its not 3D is its not vector /textures... now THAT would be quite handy.

Its easy to kinda understand how this is handy... but its a huge profit margin over a kit package... really? $500 DLSE, $500 light kit, $100 software?

Anyone can build their own.
1 - a digital camera =$100~500
2 - tri-pods (tiny and large) = $40
3 - A light kit (optional) $100~300
4 - Turn-table, you can get this in a garden shop. It allows people to put potted plants on them and rotate. Paint it white ($5)
5 - measure out 60~100 dots evenly on outter edge of turn table. (or if you're good, create software to read the dots and control the camera)

Place object on table, snap a picture at every dot-point. Upload photos to PC, load up a GIF or FLASH creator and you're done.

 

[logitic]

lol what a waste. What's the point if you can't use the item you scanned in a modeling program?

 

[belardo]

Wow... Jay Leno is selling the nextEngine... ugh.

But THAT is a real 3D Scanner, a good deal for $3000.

The apple vs PC doesn't apply as the PhotoCrap5000 is... well, junk and the NextEngine is a real scanner.

 

[stuartwin]

Interestingly, it is Apple (see previous postings) who have been providing the ability to do Object VR, or 2.5D (which is what this is - NOT 3D scanning)for many years within Quicktime. http/www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/tools/qtvr.html

But that in itself has the inherent Apple issue of being proprietary and it is only with the advent of Flash and other more 'open' technologies that this type of image is becoming more accepted/relevant. Great for browsing to get an initial impression of a product or object, no good if you want to reproduce it or study dimensional detail.