World's First 3D Printing Photo Booth 60
Zothecula writes "Ever wanted a life-like miniature of yourself or loved ones? Now's your chance, thanks to Omote 3D, which will soon be opening what's described as the world's first 3D printing photo booth in Harajuku, Japan. There, visitors will have their bodies scanned into a computer, a process which takes about 15 minutes. Then the company prints your statuette on their 3D color printer in one of three sizes."
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http://www.3d-u.es/ [3d-u.es]
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It's Japan! They already have a majority holding on creepy figurines.
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I get the feeling you've never been to Tokyo.
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I get the feeling you've never been to Tokyo.
I have, but it's been over 20 years.
Thirty years ago in Tokyo (Score:3)
Weird vending machines and weirder toilets aside, Japan is well worth visiting and great fun, but remember that in the little towns no-one speaks
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I can think of some really interesting potential here for "shooped-in" bits like, say, not-to-scale octopus tentacles added into the file before sent to print...
A whole new level of photoshop'd funny-pictures is about to emerge. God knows what the 3D equivalent of lolcats will be. Interestingly, my gut feeling is that goatse won't "translate" very well as a three-dimensional meme.
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After reading your post, I read your name as "larry vagina".
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You can also do it with chocolate ... made one for the girlfriend once. Didn't even need to ship it anywhere, all done in the comfort of my own kitchen.
Posting as AC for obvious reasons. ;-)
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When I tried that one the latex wasn't very high quality and it only lasted a couple of days before it just flowed back into a lump. The chocolate one worked alright though...
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15 minutes.
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"How long before this is used for pr0n?"
That just depends how your body is built.
Don't wear any hats though, that might hurt.
less than 15 minutes (Score:2)
taking pr0n (Score:1)
Meanwhile.... (Score:5, Funny)
The stocks of Voodoo Inc. are up 25%.
A miniature?? Peh! (Score:1)
I shall make a monument!
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It's a real pity Saparmurat Niyazov [wikipedia.org] didn't live to enjoy the fruits of such marvelous technology.
Not the first (Score:5, Informative)
15 minutes? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm a fat guy, it'll take at least 25 minutes.
Give it an other 30 years. (Score:2)
Then we will have disposable 3d camera that can make 3d models in less than an hour for pennies a picture.
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I think Polaroid isn't doing too well these days.
Japan and American prices (Score:5, Funny)
Japan
Small (Max. 10cm, 20g), US$264
Medium (Max. 15cm, 50g), US$403
Large (Max. 20cm, 200g), US$528
American
Small (Max. 10cm, 40g), US$264
Medium (Max. 15cm, 100g), US$403
Large (Max. 20cm, 400g), US$528
How much for mod services? (Score:1)
I'd like a 3d model of my girlfriend, but with cat ears and tail?
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You should dump your girlfriend for a more easily inflatable furry version.
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I don't get why it would take 15 minutes?
If it's laser based (lidar), you should be able to have a single lidar rotate around your body in less than a minute.
If it's IR based (think Kinect) you should be able to image in less than a minute.
The required CPU power and data storage are non issues on any modern computer.
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You don't need to position yourself so carefully as with MRIs; you position yourself the way you want the printed product to look.
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I don't get why it would take 15 minutes?
If it's laser based (lidar), you should be able to have a single lidar rotate around your body in less than a minute.
If it's IR based (think Kinect) you should be able to image in less than a minute.
The required CPU power and data storage are non issues on any modern computer.
15 minutes seems about right. I'm guessing they've simplified the article a bit by lumping the acquisition and cleanup stages together.
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The laser-based approaches do take this long. But they are much more accurate than the projector+camera approaches, or using a Kinect.
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A cheapo off the shelf laser scanner can take 40 scans a second (with each scan registering hundreds of datapoints)
A 60 second exposure would allow for 2,400 slices/scans with >100K datapoints.
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Agreed. The producers of LA Noire can pretty much do it realtime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZY7RYCsE9KQ#t=103s [youtube.com]
I'd say a static model of a full body shouldn't last 15 minutes. Probably a matter of cost.
A Sequence? (Score:2)
Really popular with the TSA (Score:3)
And just like that... (Score:1)
Burleson Bobblehead (Score:2)
Remote copies? (Score:1)
I guess one could transmit the data over satellite link and assemble the copy somewhere else.
Once confirmation comes back that the copy worked flawlessly the scanning laser automatically incinerates the original.
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At last, a use for 3d printers, even if it is a bit of a niche. It'd be pretty cool for your character to look like you.
For vanity on a larger scale, try Top Gear's James May. [redbubble.com]
Omote3D Website (Score:2)
The actual site (Japanese) is here: http://www.omote3d.com/ [omote3d.com]
This is very different from what I expected from the article, since some years ago I worked with some guys who left Bandai and made all kinds of kiosks - print club stickers, idol contests, internet equipped refrigerators, convenience store ticket kiosks running linux (and lisp originally), etc.
But this one is in Gyre, a fashion building (includes Chanel, Bulgari Cafe and the MOMA shop) in the center of Omotesando here: http://gyre-omotesando.com/ [gyre-omotesando.com] T
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I meant different because I expected a print club kiosk shop on a side street.. was unclear. Anyway looks interesting though wondering how many people will buy! Christmas time is very busy for that building.