3D+Laser+Scanning


 * 3D Laser Scanners - Blender, Meshlab, Kinect, Photo Synth and Second Life**

Experimental stuff > see links and walkthroughs...

** Joining Kinnect to Scratch - Amazing **

@http://scratch.saorog.com/

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 * Joining Kinect to Second Life: **

@http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=334615133&gid=744527&type=member&item=41039515&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.knowsense.co.uk%2Fblog%2F_archives%2F2011%2F1%2F20%2F4731040.html&urlhash=1oXz&goback=.gde_744527_member_41039515

It is now possible to capture 3D environments into models from one or two **Kinect** cameras and infrared pointcloud maker or 3D Laser Scanner in **Blender, Meshlab, PhotoSynth** - the results can also be imported into **Second Life** as a Model.


 * Meshlab**

There relevant Meshlab tutorials on how to Scan, Import, and clean Point Clouds are here

@http://meshlabstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/meshing-point-clouds.html

http://lcni.uoregon.edu/~mark/Projects/Brain_casting/Point_cloud_to_mesh.html


 * Blender**

Blender Nation videos

Python script for Blender to "clean" Point CLouds @http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=144504&page=1


 * Photosynth**

Photosynth and Point Clouds @http://www.personal.psu.edu/nmc15/blogs/anthspace/2010/06/bundler-and-photosynth-point-cloud-processing-in-meshlab-v123a.html

http://photosynth.net/discussion.aspx?cat=6b63cb81-8b57-4d5d-a978-41d5509bf59a&dis=ebe4ca77-6784-4b55-a452-eeaf3b2e84d1

@http://blogs.msdn.com/b/photosynth/archive/2008/11/24/creative-uses-of-photosynth-in-science.aspx

@http://synthexport.codeplex.com/

@http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Other-Internet-Related/Photosynth-Point-Cloud-Exporter.shtml


 * How to make a 3D Model from PhotoSynth** - Complex

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuHJUS2olyc

@http://binarymillenium.com/2008/08/photosynth-export-process-tutorial.html

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-sjaUjrTnw

@http://binarymillenium.com/2008/08/photosynth-export-process-tutorial.html

@http://channel9.msdn.com/blogs/larrylarsen/making-a-3d-model-from-a-photosynth

@http://blogs.msdn.com/b/photosynth/archive/2008/11/24/creative-uses-of-photosynth-in-science.aspx


 * 3D Laser Scanning to Make Point Clouds**

Read more about other 3D Laser scanning technologies here...

Practical Applications > 3D Laser scans of Nottinghams Sandstone Caves by Nottingham University @http://nottinghamcavessurvey.org.uk/index.htm


 * Research**

If you want to dive really deep into the maths algorithms and software behind this try @http://www.ros.org/wiki/pcl this is a subset site of the ROS Robotics one

and this documentation from Stanford University @http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=344779.344940