VoxelCamera
Creative
3d scanning
SHOW HN2015
37points
35comments
#769of 2,565 in 2015
Top 30%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun to use and impressive real-time results on an iPhone
From 3 comments
Reminds me of the iOS app Seene, which is like Instagram for 3D photos made on your phone: http://seene.co/ Ultimately not much of a value prop for me, but was very fun to play…
clay_to_n on HNRudimentary Kinect with your iphone, without any additional hardware. Pretty cool
rememberlenny on HNYeah, I'm at the point of running Agisoft Photoscan under wine, no results yet. But of course I won't get the heat-map quality indicator, which is the bit I really like about…
Sir_Substance on HN
Objections
Scan quality is poor compared to depth sensors like Kinect
From 2 comments
The problem I see with all of these scanners is the lack of quality... Are they all based on the same feature tracking core? Why isn't anyone doing more innovative reconstruction…
pontifier on HNGood work! Microsoft was/is working on something similar[1] I tried the app on a chair and an object on table. It's far from what kinect can do. I am optimistic about it though.…
asadlionpk on HN
Not compatible with older iPads or non-iOS devices
From 2 comments
"VocelCamera is not compatible with this iPad" That's what I get on my iPad 2. Why?
3dfan on HNThat's a sweet trick, but I don't have an iphone, and apparently it's not compatible with ipad 2's. Anyone know if there's an equivalent piece of software for a desktop computer,…
Sir_Substance on HN
Models cannot yet be exported
From 2 comments
Can the mesh be exported?
JorgeGT on HNNot yet, unfortunately :( We'll be adding export to ply in the coming versions.
lakySK on HN
Scanning is hard to get to 100% progress
From 1 comment
Tried to use this twice today, but struggled to get it to 100% progress long enough. Video instructions would be good.
rememberlenny on HN
Requests
Export to PLY or other 3D printing formats
From 3 comments
Ooh, please make it easy to export to a format I can load into a 3D printer.
bcks on HNHi bcks, we're working on it. We'll be releasing a new version that allows you to export to ply. We're also working on adding external 3D printing and delivery straight from the…
lakySK on HNCan the mesh be exported?
JorgeGT on HN
Android version
From 2 comments
Any plans for an android version?
zpr on HNUnfortunately, we don't have enough time to add Android support at the moment, as we're focusing on improving the quality and disability for the existing app. In the longer term…
lakySK on HN
Video instructions
From 2 comments
Tried to use this twice today, but struggled to get it to 100% progress long enough. Video instructions would be good.
rememberlenny on HNThanks, we will make one. Try to put the object on a newspaper or other well-textured surface. It usually helps.
pondruska on HN
Questions
How is this different from traditional structure-from-motion methods
From 2 comments
Cool to see it working at speed! The site mentions this is a new technology, how is this different from traditional SFM type algorithms which have been around for almost a decade…
joshvm on HNThanks, Structure From Motion is a broad term covering a number of different methods which were developed over years and our method is also a form of SFM. The main challenge here…
pondruska on HN
How does it handle fine detail such as hair
From 2 comments
How you handle long hair in a picture?
mandeepj on HNWe don't have any special case processing, everything is handled the same way in the volumetric model, which makes the app really versatile. If you're expecting a scan detailed…
lakySK on HN
Alternatives named
Seene
From 1 comment
Reminds me of the iOS app Seene, which is like Instagram for 3D photos made on your phone: http://seene.co/ Ultimately not much of a value prop for me, but was very fun to play…
clay_to_n on HN
Mementify
From 1 comment
A few years back (then) coworkers made a version of this called Mementify [0] which was derived from an EU research project called PHOV [1]. Quite interesting to see the idea pop…
fgd on HN
Microsoft MobileFusion
From 1 comment
Good work! Microsoft was/is working on something similar[1] I tried the app on a chair and an object on table. It's far from what kinect can do. I am optimistic about it though.…
asadlionpk on HN
Agisoft Photoscan
From 1 comment
Yeah, I'm at the point of running Agisoft Photoscan under wine, no results yet. But of course I won't get the heat-map quality indicator, which is the bit I really like about…
Sir_Substance on HN
LSD-SLAM
From 1 comment
Most structure from motion or monocular SLAM algorithms use some kind of feature tracking and then estimate a dense reconstruction after they optimize the locations of all the…
dllu on HN