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There's more than one way to skin a cat, and recently we've seen this maxim holds true for creators looking to produce a video of their object rotating in space.
With 3D software, it's not difficult to create a video like this of a virtual object you've modeled. And with Autodesk's 123D Catch software, you can use a point-and-shoot to photograph real-life objects, giving you the data you need to achieve the same. But Comp Sci professors Jason Lawrence and Abhi Shelat are attempting to Kickstart the Arqball Spin, a sort of hi-tech/low-tech hybrid that combines software with a physical, rotating platform:
I'm not convinced a physical turntable will trump Autodesk's 123D Catch solution, which requires just the camera; but at press time it seemed Arqball Spin could go either way, with 25 days left and about $14,500 of $40,000 in the bag.
Comments
I don't get why you need to specially develop a stage which just spins.
The app seems like a great idea thou
All in all it's a product meant for presentation and not creation (which is what Autodesk 123D seems more meant for). What they describe it being used for I could see, sharing a sandwich on twitter. I think the larger issue is the fact they are selling it as "3D" when really it's just a bunch of flat images that scrubs back and forth and there are other softwares that you can do this in already they're just trying to sell it to a much cheaper audience.
123D Catch sounds great until you actually try it and look at the results. Nobody is going to use a tessellated triangle mess with holes in it to sell their product. Arqball Spin hits the sweet spot by keeping completely image-based.
What's wrong with describing this as 3D? Why does that have to mean 3D meshes? These spins seem like cool and very useful visualizations of 3D objects even if they are a bunch of images. In fact, I think it's a very clever approach to a hard problem. Yes, tools like 123D compute surface meshes, but they also give very poor quality in many cases and it's hard to figure out when they will work.
I think this is a great idea! Rock on!
Why can't you just record a video of your spinning object on any 2$ lazy susan? you can rewind and fast-forward as much as you'd like... it's cheaper...you aren't limited by object size... and if you feel like getting real crazy you can even show the top and bottom.
I imagine this would be super useful for fighting crime; imagine mug shots being taken this way.
I want to see the camera placed on the stage and get the view of the environment. It would be great for custom images you want to use to put renderings or animations in.
I guess there would need to be a delay so you have time to get out of the shot.