Title :
Creating Substance from a Cloud: Low-Cost Product Generation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Archaeology, Univ. of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Abstract :
With a more controlled way to capture images, services to generate and process 3D data point clouds, and a 3D printer, amateur photographers can convert 2D photos into physical 3D objects.
Keywords :
computer graphics; digital photography; image processing; three-dimensional printing; 2D photos; 3D data point clouds; 3D printer; amateur photographers; image capture; low-cost product generation; physical 3D objects; Cameras; Cloud computing; Computational modeling; Image processing; Image resolution; Sensors; Three-dimensional displays; 3D imaging; 3D printing; Internet of Things; IoT; cloud; computer-aided design; computer-aided manufacturing; computers in archaeology; graphics; photogrammetry; point clouds; rapid prototyping; scientific computing; visualization;