Notes » 3D

Modeling Physically Realistic Human Motion from Monocular Video Sequences

Alex — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:58:58 +0000

Xiaolin Wei and Jinxiang Chai developed a program that tracks human bodies in videos to create animated 3D models (which can then be viewed from any angle). It will be presented at Siggraph in Los Angeles.

Download a PDF or download the video.

Via New Scientist.

Playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Under Ubuntu Linux

Alex — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:45:08 +0000

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install wine1.2
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks vcrun2005
sh winetricks d3dx9
wine regedit

under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine, create key Direct3D if it doesn’t already exist
inside Direct3D create the following values:
- string: DirectDrawRenderer value: opengl
- string: OffscreenRenderingMode value: fbo
- string: RenderTargetLockMode value: auto
- string: UseGLSL value: readtex
- string: VideoMemorySize value: (video card memory size in MB)

DIY Cheap 3D Scanner

Alex — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:07:38 +0000

There is lot’s of different cheap design for building your own 3D scanner, here are a few:

3D printer uses plain paper (and glue) for prototyping

Alex — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:48:02 +0000

Mcor’s 3D printeruses plain 8 x11 paper and glue for rapid prototyping . “The printer takes standard sheets of printer paper (A4 size) and deposits regular old PVA glue in a pattern determined by the design. Another sheet of paper is added, and a tungsten carbide blade cuts away the excess paper…”
Source: Wired & hackaday.com .