3d Overdose

To observe close-ups of whirling winds and hurricanes Japanese researchers have developed avant-garde three-dimensional images by feeding stocks of data into computer to view via special goggles. By wearing some special glasses equipped with sensors, scientists steps into a small cube-shaped room in Yokohama, near Tokyo where computer projects data via 3D images that appear across the room. Researchers can also watch images of spinning clouds if they punch some figures to closely analyze some powerful typhoon. Tetsuya Sato, a professor who is directing the project at the state-run Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology asserted: Thanks to this system, we can discover so much more new data – it’s like discovering diamonds! This new innovation also enables researchers to visualize mysteries of deep cores of earth by forming an image of a flat miniature earth that glides across the walls and bounces into mid-air inside the room to facilitate researchers to view streams of zigzag color inside the earth core that signifies the velocity of the molten iron process. Sato further said: Earth simulators up until now used to only produce and stock digital data but we couldn’t fully understand natural phenomena just by looking at numbers The innovation will be also offered to the general public once a year to closely examine the three-dimensional simulations of natural phenomena that also encompass earthquakes, tornadoes and tsunamis. However, this new system will offer excellent weather forecasts but still it has some limitations to observe accurately, complicated phenomenon like global warming. Via: dsc.discovery

Many of you would have enjoyed watching some 3D Laser Scanning in most Sci-Fi Hollywood movies. Well here is a chance to own that. And you will not have to pay a hundred thousand dollar bill for that. All you need is a decent web cam, a street laser pointer, a perfect 90-degree corner wall and the most important part is the DAVID software. The DAVID software turns your web cam into an ultra-sensitive laser recorder and then reconstructs the image on your screen. The most important part of the device that is the software is readily available for free download. CLICK HERE to download the DAVID Software.

Whenever you want to have a 3D view of an upcoming flyover on your 2D GPS system, you usually tilt it. But now 3D labs have developed a new interface that will provide you with 3D viewing on your GPS systems. This system was showcased at the 3GSM and offers a real 3D experience as opposed to the traditional 2D experience on every other GPS system. According to the company GPS systems will not be the only product that will benefit from this technology, and it will also be used in various portable media players as well. Via: newlaunches

Now, Volker Blanz and Thomas Vetter of the MPI for Biological Cybernetics in Germany have come up with a neat morphable model for 3-D faces. The concept is that the system creates a master face amongst a string of two hundred source faces and then the master face can be morphed accordingly. The system takes single 2D image of someone’s face and then covert the same into a perfect 3-D head model. They even applied the same technique to extrapolate a three-dimensional head model of DaVinci’s Mona Lisa and found that she was really beautiful. Via: Wired

A Stereoscope is a simple optical device to allow the perception of a stereoscopic or 3D image from pairs of aerial photographs. But this one being a mod is quite different from the definitions. The developer has taken two clixes that can play video at 15 FPS and with some metal work he was able to attach it to a frame connected with the antique stereoscope. That means this one can play videos and you can view 3D videos without spending too much for 3D eyeglasses. You will be able to complete in a couple of hours without investing too much in the process. Click here for the detailed procedure.

Creating, presenting, and altering 3D ideas have always been a problem for many of us. Google SketchUp is an easy-to-use tool or software that enables the users to create 3D easily. Google SketchUp makes use of a compact and potent and merges it with an intelligent guidance system that rationalizes the 3D drawing process. Google SketchUp effectively bridges the gap between design utility and fun by the interface that sports a lively, creative exploration of 3D form, material and light. Click here to download the free version. Via: coolosxapps

A team of researchers headed by Jun Tanida at the University of Osaka are in the process of developing a camera that can capture a scene to produce a 3D image of it. Dubbed TOMBO (Thin Observation Module by Bound Optics), the camera encompasses nine tiny lenses to enable each lens to capture a scene from slightly different angles. To ape the process that insect use some software is also apparently designed to pick position, shape, and color of objects to recreate the images into a single 3D scene. According to the researchers the best part of this particular system is its size that can be used in cellphones or it can be implanted on the wings of the airplane for surveillance without causing any drag. Though, the system lacks in its 1.1 megapixel camera but the researchers promises to improve it very soon. Via: Engadget

Within a few years from now, we will be able to print whatsoever we want to, thanks to the 3D printers that might become available for everyone at reasonable prices very shortly. It means that I will be able to make the items such as a cellphone cover or a fork by myself. Wow! The 3D printers have been in use for last one decade for industrial applications but haven’t moved to the common public. Presently, such machines cost around $15,000 but the prices will go down in the coming years. Three-dimensional printers, also called rapid prototypers, amass objects from an assortment of fragments of material and crate models in a stack of very thin layers that can be hardened in small spots applying heat, light or chemicals. The 3D printer makers hope that the prices could go down as low as $2,000 within the next five years.

A Finnish company named StereoGames has developed an application that will make any image viewable in 3D, retrospectively. With the use of this application any video or game can be given an extra dimension. All that users need for the 3D experience is a pair of two-color anaglyph glasses. The developing company has claimed that the technology has been licensed to an Italian company named Mobile Solutions for a 3D version of their 2 player table tennis game. We all hope that the application finds some more areas where it can be used. The company is also investigating whether the system can be used on an electron microscope. The company is awaiting a patent so they did not reveal any details on the working of this technology. Via: newscientist

The new FARO Laser Scanner LS from FARO Technologies is touted by the company as a new solution for 3-D laser scanning in color. The handy computerized measurement device scans and records all the dimensions of an object and creates a 3D image of that. The confined data can be further taken to develop a digital model for inspection, reverse-engineering, CAD-to-part contrast, factory planning, and even forensics. Owing to its cost-effectiveness, the new scanner is anticipated to have a great market potential. Moreover, the scanner delivers the automatic color overlay of 3-D pixels when used with the new Nikon D200 and FARO Scene v4.1 software. Via: ManagingAutomation