James McBride mentioned an interesting scanner addon in this thread.
I did some searching and found some more information.
Here is a brief summary from an Apple related website:
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Best Replacement for 3D Glasses -- 3D Scan takes the prize for the coolest
scanner add-on with their $300 Lightshow, a hood that fits over most scanners
and enables you to scan three dimensional objects. The hood is almost
entirely mirrored inside and has special lights that match the color spectrum
of most scanners (contact 3D Scan for a list of incompatible scanners). The
resulting scans start off being two-dimensional, although the addition of a
program called Canoma lets you perform some 3D modeling, and you can also
rotate an object and stitch multiple scans together into a QuickTime VR
movie. Although the Lightshow works with most scanners, its operation varies
with different scanners, depending on how high above the surface the scanner
can focus. A digital camera could produce similar images, but the beauty of
Lightshow scans is that they are high quality and include just the scanned
object, with no background.<<
Apparently it is a special lightbox add-on for scanners which lights the
sides of the objects and removes the distracting black background.
Apparently to do 3D modeling, a program Canoma was recommended to go to 3D.
Here is the url:
http://www.metacreations.com/products/canoma/
Unfortunately this program is is no longer sold after Metacreations software
was aquired by Adobe.
An interesting somewhat related site speculating on whether Vermeer painted
with the help of a camera obscura:
http://www.vermeerscamera.co.uk/loadingpage.htm
Some other similar but more costly 2D-> 3D software:
http://www.realviz.com/
and : http://www.photomodeler.com/index.html
look at some of the cool demos for these programs, for example:
http://www.realviz.com/support/public/casestudies/intelasia/Shockwave/dswMedia
/taipei.htm
(For interest Click briefly, or click and hold the right mouse key!)
One of the program sites lists a free "lite" version you can download.
Regards,
Tim Hughes
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