Building 3D Models On the Fly With a Webcam

blee37 writes "Here is an excellent video demonstration of a new program developed by Qi Pan, a graduate student, and other researchers at the University of Cambridge. The 'ProFORMA' software constructs a 3D model of an object in real time from (commodity) webcam video. The user can watch the program deduce more pieces of the 3D model as the object is moved and rotated. The resulting graphics are of high quality."

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The Death of Hollywood

[headkase]

With open-source rendering images already well established and continually improving that only leaves the content areas under-developed. This method will allow anyone with an object to digitize it. This will enable people to take that content and then mix it in virtual environments. Throw in some voice-synthesis software, some directing software, and a million monkeys hammering away at plots then Hollywood as an institution is dead. This is another piece, the others will fall into line as well. It is ironic in that in one of the Civilization games, discovering the Internet invalidates the Hollywood Wonder.

Re:The Death of Hollywood

[Chyeld]

I take it you aren't used to using Poser or Blender, or any other related 3-d software and thus don't know the joy of: "You STUPID PROGRAM! I just want her to walk down the stairs! Why are her arms doing that! NO! NO! NOO!!!! Stop floating down the stairs and walk! Why is your hair clipping through the wall, why is your hair even moving that way! STOP IT!"

Hollywood's death knell might be sounding. But it's got a few more good decades in it left before we need to morn for it.

Re:The Death of Hollywood

[mad_minstrel]

You're right. I haven't seen anything that good from Hollywood in years.

Wait..wait... on the FLY with a WEBcam?

[Anonymous Coward]

Did the Slashdot contributor discover TFA with a spider?