“Build Your Own 3D Scanner: Optical Triangulation for Beginners” by Lanman and Taubin
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- Build Your Own 3D Scanner: Optical Triangulation for Beginners
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Abstract:
Over the last decade, digital photography has entered the mainstream. Inexpensive, miniaturized cameras are now routinely included in consumer electronics. Digital projection is poised to make a similar breakthrough, with a variety of vendors offering small, low-cost projectors. As a result, active imaging is a topic of renewed interest in the computer graphics community. In particular, low-cost homemade 3D scanners are now within reach of students and hobbyists with modest budgets.
This course provides beginners with the mathematics, software, and practical details they need to leverage projector-camera systems in their own 3D scanning projects. An example-driven approach is used throughout; each new concept is illustrated using a practical scanner implemented with off-the-shelf parts. The course concludes by detailing how these new approaches are used in rapid prototyping, entertainment, cultural heritage, and web-based applications.
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Prerequisites
Basic undergraduate-level knowledge of linear algebra. While executables are provided for beginners, attendees with prior knowledge of Matlab, C/C++, and Java programming will be able to directly examine and modify the source code.
