Intel Putting 3D Scanners In Consumer Tablets Next Year, Phones To Follow 75
Zothecula writes: Intel has been working on a 3D scanner small enough to fit in the bezel of even the thinnest tablets. The company aims to have the technology in tablets from 2015, with CEO Brian Krzanich telling the crowd at MakerCon in New York on Thursday that he hopes to put the technology in phones as well.
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Imagine targeted penis enlargement ads!
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What's next? (Score:2)
Is the next step to add a 3D printer into the bezel of laptop displays?
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Someday you may be able to:
Got a non-barcoded product you can't identify? 3D scan it and automatically identify the make/model and shop for it.
Get sized for clothing without stepping into a store, and then get tailored clothes straight from a factory via an Internet order.
View 3D models of everything as you shop online.
That's just a few retail-centric ideas. I imagine there's also applications possible in the arts, gaming, etc.
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What for?
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I imagine there's also applications possible in the arts, gaming, etc.
Now we can send penis models, not just penis cam shots.
yes, but (Score:1)
3d sexting duh
Anthony Weiner should be happy that his negative press was only in 2d!
How will this help me play angry birds? (Score:1)
I think this is totally awesome, really I do. But I'm not really sure what I'd use it for.
What sort of everyday things would someone use a scanner for? (No, scanning a widget to make a 3d printed version of it does not count as everyday.)
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Why does it need to be an everyday thing? Most smart phone users don't take photographs every day, but they put the camera on there nonetheless.
Most people don't use Bluetooth every day, but they put it on the device anyway.
The uses here are for generating 3d objects for games, video, or just for shits n' giggles. From the perspective of engineering this is an incredibly useful feature when doing a primary walk through pre bid on a project.
At some point the idea of a flat 2D photo will give way to 3d photo
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Why does it need to be an everyday thing? Most smart phone users don't take photographs every day, but they put the camera on there nonetheless.
Sadly, I'm not sure that's true.
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You're either five years to late or 5 years to early for the last and next 3D fads respectively.
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too, too
Re:How will this help me play angry birds? (Score:4, Insightful)
In a mobile device, and given the usage trends? 3-D dick pics.
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sexting in 3d
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I think this is totally awesome, really I do. But I'm not really sure what I'd use it for.
What sort of everyday things would someone use a scanner for? (No, scanning a widget to make a 3d printed version of it does not count as everyday.)
3d printing is the future, this goes along with that.
Photoshop (Score:3)
Does this mean celebrities will need to use Blender instead of Photoshop in the future?
Uses? (Score:5, Interesting)
It's telling that the article doesn't mention one practical application. Intel's next step for 2016: Attempt to create demand for 3D scanners in consumer tablets.
Perhaps a "Measure My Cat" app?
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I was thinking... manufactures that sell over priced molded plastic replacement parts will be really annoyed.
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who cares if its practical its something people want, 99% of what we buy isn't because its practical
anyone with a 3d printer will be excited by this even if its not an everyday toy
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Exactly my thoughts. And I'm into 3d printing and taking 3d pictures. This just makes no sense for everyday use for the mass market.
Uses? (Score:3)
The problem with these cameras is that often the data are so noisy that it's difficult to segment anything usable for a modelling environment. Theyre great for rough mapping, augmented reality and for gesture sensing, but for high resolution capture: no. I assume they're using time-of-flight/photonic mixing technology which has exploded in popularity recently now that the sensors are being mass produced. Don't forget they'll be crap outdoors too where background NIR is so high that it swamps the sensor.
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If you can't figure out a use for this technology, go sit in the corner and let the rest of us talk. Depending on the resolution, this could be used for object identification, for artists and engineers to quickly set up projects, for real estate agents to create quick walk throughs or better descriptions of property. That's just off the top of my pointed little head.
And of course, for the myriad Rule 34 topics that have already been discussed.
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...for real estate agents to create quick walk throughs or better descriptions of property.
Similarly, if the resolution is good enough, it might let contractors and designers get an accurate model of a room without needing to use a camera and tape measure on every surface.
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While we're coming up with nonsense ideas - If you put it in your closet, it can pick out your entire wardrobe!
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I would love an app that can tell me wich of the myrad of threads a pipe connection has. Is it NPT? Is it BSP-T? Is it metric?
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1. Longcat is LONG! (scanner data follows)
2. I am not a manlet, and I can prove it! (scanner data follows)
copyright&co will make this 'fun' (Score:3)
This is a nice thing in the long run (once 3D printers are more widely spread, better and cheaper), but in the short run this will probably cause more trouble than it is worth. :)
Thinking about a younger person, like my son, who might scan some of his toys,gimmicks,... and post those scans somewhere and about some lawyer suing because he violated some laws he wasn't really aware of.
-> once 3D printers are more wide-spread the fun really starts
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Why would this cause problems? the number of uses here are incredible in business fields such as Construction/Engineering/BIM/Architecture/mapping/3d Modelling and gaming.
Does your son get sued for taking a photograph of his toys? Would he get sued for taking several photographs of his toys?
Would he get sued for taking a video of his toys?
That damn video might show the dimensions of the objects.
3D mobile phones (Score:4, Insightful)
3D TV? I so wanted them when they came out. After a while with very little use for them I thought Meh... and after an even longer while, the 3D tv sets went for a few hundred dollars, even in 50" sizes. I still thought...Meh...I'll stick to my old 47" LG full HD tv.
Same thing with Kinect, fun the first few days, fun to also connect it to the PC and play with all the hacks out there....same issue, technically useless stuff, fun...for a little while, but ultimately useless.
3D scanners? Meh... it'll probably be another fad, scan your objects, watch them on a 3D screen kind of like my Optimus 3D phone or the Nintendo 3DS...novelty item at best.
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Phones should be stuffed to the brim with as many cheap and innovative sensors as possible. Eventually you'll end up with a tricorder.
Practical uses: (Score:1)
Not until Apple includes it in their iPhone (Score:3)
There's noting innovative or interesting about this kind of 3D scanning technology. It has no purpose, and will only be part of some "spec war" that goes on in the android phone circles. People just don't need - or want - 3D scanners in their phones.
Until 2019, when Apple includes the most revolutionary thing to ever occur in a phone - and it's the one thing you can't live without. The i3D module will be what turns the mobile device market on it's head.
(Sorry for the troll. Sooo many Apple fanbois on my FB feed these last few days. NFC payments, big screens, and optical image stabilization are the second coming, apparently. I just had to lash out.)
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The whole point is that Apple won't include it unless it has a worthwhile use. Other companies play spec wars where there is no practical use of a technology for users. Apple doesn't.
Too right. Before Apple added support for copy-and-paste, MMS, multi-tasking, high-res or bluetooth, they were just useless gimmicks on other platforms.
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Copy & paste and multi-tasking are better on iOS than Android. Apple waited till they could do better than other companies, rather than just implementing a me-too feature.
As to hi-res, Apple was first to Retina level resolutions.
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Can't tell if that was a parody, or serious. Either way, a great example of the bizarre twisted logic that zealots employ.
We always expect new models to improve on previous ones, both from the same company and competitors.
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When Apple does it, though, it will just work and not be a feature either poorly supported by Android or crippled by manufacturer and carrier crapware.
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Which is funny since I left the iOS world this because things stopped "just working."
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NFC payments, big screens, and optical image stabilization are the second coming, apparently.
I see what you did there.
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surely, as has happened before with other multimedia tech, there is an application in the porn market that will make it take off
Quality (Score:2)
From what little we can see in that single photo of the output it looks like the home 3D scanner produces blurry, inaccurate objects with lots of artifacts and errors. Wait a minute. That will fit right in with the current state of home 3D printers. Score!!
Drivers? (Score:2)
And I guess you can only use it with the intel super-bloat app which ships with your device, and has a trial of 40 days, after which it costs money, and needs an intel.com account.
Will there be free drivers or at least a datasheet?
Good idea (Score:2)
The best way to generate interest is include it with something the consumer would buy anyway and let them tell their friends what they did with it.
Siasat (Score:1)