Re: <documenta X><blast> more jeopardy surfaces (fwd)
Morgan Garwood (mgarwood@inch.com)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 15:32:04 -0400
At 08:50 AM 7/23/97 -0700, you wrote:
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> Cyberware Announces Major Breakthrough In 3D Technology
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> Whole Body Scans in Seconds
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>Monterey, CA - no date assigned - A major advancement in 3D digital
>technology was announced today by David Addleman, President of Cyberware,
>with the development of the world's first whole body 3D scanner.
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>... provides highly detailed, three-dimensional images of the entire body
>in digital form for display and manipulation at computer graphics work
>stations, is the first of its kind.
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>EG&G Idaho, specialists in optical data techniques for the Idaho National
>Engineering Laboratory, has purchased the first model of the Cyberware
>Whole Body Scanner to do evaluation for the United States Air Force. The
>USAF expects benefit from the innovative scanners' use in equipment
>design; projects ranging from form-fitting flight suits to space helmets
>that have to fit within hundredths of a millimeter can be improved by the
>technology, according to Vance Deason of EG&G Idaho.
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>Cyberware, of Monterey, California, pioneered the use of 3D color scanners
>for special effects animation and design work with scale models. Cyberware
>scanners have made possible the digitized special effects seen in dozens
>of films including "Jurassic Park", "Batman Returns",... the first to be
>internationally respected by doctors, engineers, researchers,
>manufacturers and artists.
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>0 to 60,000 In One Second
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>The Whole Body Scanner is as accurate as it is fast. The scan produces up
>to 60,000 3D measurements per second and can cover the human form in just
>twenty seconds, thus making antiquated anthropologic measurements
>obsolete. Mounted on vertical towers, optical heads scan a cylindrical
>volume with a diameter of 1.2 meters and a height of two meters. The
>multiple scans are then "zippered" to create a highly-detailed, color 3D
>model. "We're going from a few point measurements to a few million in just
>a very short time," noted Vance Deason of EG&G Idaho. "We expect there
>will be numerous applications."
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>As with other Cyberware rapid 3D digitizers and software tools, the Whole
>Body Scanner is as practical as it is powerful. In a variety of work
>environments, the scanner can dramatically improve efficiency, accuracy
>and cost effectiveness of projects. The Whole Body Scanner will be on
>demonstration at Cyberware in the Fall of 1994. First orders are scheduled
>for delivery in January 1995.
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>Cyberware manufactures a variety of user-friendly hardware and software
>products for rapid 3D color scanning. Cyberware products, which will
>digitize virtually any object, are being used by doctors, engineers,
>researchers, manufacturers, artists and film makers worldwide.
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><< I'm currently arranging the means to have myself scanned -- an
>expensive process at $2500/hr/one-hr-minimum. >>
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>--
>brad brace <bbrace@wired.com>
>prepress specialist
>wired magazine, sfo
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lovely, but what does one do with the scan data ? Is an article then
manufactured to your specifications ?