Originally posted on 28 December 2015. Scroll down for news of the commercial release.
Slovakian startup Capturing Reality has made RealityCapture available in open beta. The promising new application generates 3D models of real-world objects from laser scan data and source photographs. The software is capable of tackling very large mixed data sets, generating accurate triangle-based meshes of objects ranging from buildings to people, even on laptops and low-end hardware. Converts large mixed data sets into clean production assets RealityCapture is capable of accepting source data in a range of formats, including laser scans, DSLR photographs – both those from capture arrays and unstructured image sets – and even drone photography. The software can align the data sets automatically, or users can oversee the process manually, and to judge from early user feedback, the quality of the meshes it creates is very good. The video above shows raw data recorded by 3D scanning specialist Ten 24 using its multi-DSLR capture stage and RealityCapture.
The meshes were decimated to 1 million polygons, but haven’t been cleaned up manually. You can see textured renders from the project, which was an in-house tech test, on. (If you follow our Facebook feed, you may have seen some of them already.) According to Ten 24, RealityCapture “pushes the limits of what can be achieved with photogrammetry. Super-fast and ultra detailed, it is the critical software breakthrough that has been needed to take things to the next level.” Process tens of thousands of source images As well as generating accurate meshes and textures, RealityCapture is capable of handling very large data sets. The software accepts an unlimited number of source images, and even an unlimited number of source point clouds, and is capable of using multiple available CPU and GPU cores on a local network to process the data. According to the developer, a Core i7 machine with 32GB RAM can process 1,000 laser scans and 10,000 source images in “less than a week”.
And while it’s unlikely that many people will try, the firm’s other use case – processing 500 12 megapixel images on a notebook in the field – is far more standard, and is estimated to take “less than 10 minutes”. Try it for free until 31 January 2016 The product website lists other interesting features, including georeferencing and automatic filtering of moving objects from source images, but there isn’t a lot of documentation, beyond the. Models can be exported in PLY or OBJ format, complete with textures.
Updated 4 February 2016:. The price is pretty high: a perpetual licence costs €15,000 (around $16,735), or €7,500 ($8,370) for the command-line version. If that’s out of your range, there is a rather more affordable rental-only option for freelancers, which costs €99 ($99) for three months, including free updates, but without tech support and capping projects at 2,500 images. The software is available for 64-bit Windows 7 and above.
You’ll need a Nvidia GPU with CUDA 2.0 or higher. Updated 5 February: The original version of this story listed a currency conversion for RealityCapture’s three-month rental option. We’ve now updated this to the actual dollar price.
About This Software RealityCapture (a.k.a. RC) is the world's fastest and the most accurate software for creating 3D content from photos and/or laser scans for virtual reality, games, for creating 3D maps or for surveyors. Take your digital camera or phone, it does not have to be expensive professional camera, take some pictures and create 3D content in just few minutes. RC is easy to use with intuitive UI and online tutorials. Everybody can scan, it is great fun!
Export your scene to Destinations from Valve and share your 3D content with your friends in virtual reality. What Is Inside?. Automatic 3D model creation from your photographs (or laser scans).
Automatic alignment/registration/calibration of images and laser scans. Advanced coloring and texturing algorithms. 3D model export into standard formats (fbx, obj, ply, xyz).
A set of tools for analyzing alignment quality and accuracy, mesh reconstruction, 3D model post-processing (filtration, simplification, smoothing), etc. No limits on model size! Models of unlimited size and detail. Even billions of triangles on a computer with 16GB memory. And much more The major competitive excellence: if you double inputs, the processing time will be doubled as well, but any other software will usually increase it fourfold.
Version properties. Free updates/upgrades. Floating online license. Max 2500 images/scans per project Demo version limitations.
Export restrictions. Scenes created in RealityCapture demo cannot be loaded in paid instances of RealityCapture.
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After 3 years of hard work, allot of research, help from Family, a sacrificed social life and many freelance projects to pay off this research. I have finally finished the 2nd iteration of IR’s Fullbody Scanner. Back in 2002 as a young 3D Environment Artist I could only have ever dreamed of owning my own ‘Laser’ Scanning System.
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I had no Character Artist Experience, ZBrush was just a 2D painting tool. I was in debt and had no business.
But in 2007 that all changed starting my own business was a gamble but also a fortunate move, it opened up new doors to things I had never imagined. If you keep trying you can achieve bigger and better things. IR’s Custom Built Capture System The system boasts 70x DSLR Canon Cameras. It’s a Single Shot system from a full 360 Degree Array. Not only can the system capture a single moment in time instantly but it offers over 1,260 MP’s of colour texture resolution. So in this blog post I wanted to show off some example captures (at the bottom) but first I wanted to explain (visually) why this system is better than previous scanning solutions. Of course all of them have their benefits and weaknesses.
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Times are changing and even this system in a few years will be out dated, but for now there is still time for it to reign. There are now other systems springing up around the World. I’ve seen data from a system in Europe and 2 in the UK.
“So what are the benefits of IR’s Capture system?” Here is a simple set of animated pictograms to explain why: Old Scanning Solutions. columnonefourth Steady Hand Poles Slow. Dated /columnonefourth columnonefourth Laser Scanning Slow.
Poor Colour /columnonefourth columnonefourth Multi Shot & Turntable Slow. Lots of Data. /columnonefourth columnonefourthlast Fringe Pattern Slow. Bad for Eyes. /columnonefourthlast IR’s Solution You think of a Pose, IR can capture it.
It also has a built in Face Capture System. No manual alignment. No stitching. No Distortion or Registration issues. Minimal Post Processing.
Too good to be true? The only draw back to this system is, it isn’t Mobile. “Isn’t it expensive?” The system is vastly cheaper than any structured light or Cyber Scanning systems on the market, and it uses all off the shelf hardware and software, available to the general public. People are asking how much I have sunk into this system, well 50% less than if I had invested in a commercial solution.
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Do the maths, 70x DSLR’s and Lenses, 70 Mounts, 280 Wires. Multiple PC’s. All this.and still cheaper. Conclusion The 3D scan captures below, are only possible thanks to the hard work from the guys behind the processing software at AgiSoft LLC, who created that I use to process the 2D images. The whole process is very easy to set-up and use, with a little ingenuity and drive it’s possible to get this all working in unison. Thus, contrary to popular belief and sales marketing, you don’t need a PhD to design or use a capture system like this.
Cracking The Black Box of Photogrammetry Scanning. Some example 3D Scans.
Infinite Thanks, yeah there are allot of details there and these are only High builds, there is another level up Ultra High, this can extract another hidden level of about 30%-40% extra details. The problem with bringing Cameras further out is loosing actual detail in the images due to distance.
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If you can replace some of the Cameras with 23MP or 36MP then it would be fine. But 18MP you start to loose clarity because there is not enough information there, so noise is introduced. But yes you could do a 5 meter box, I worked on one last year in LA on a Nike shoot (60 Cameras) but allot of noise crept into the scans. Same caveats apply, correct, like in most scanning techniques.
Shiny and very dark objects are not good. Although you could introduce some IR (converted) cameras into the array and project in a certain IR wavelength noise pattern. But this is one reason why the Kinect is not great for scanning humans, as the red and infrared wavelength of light is absorbed by the skin (and scatters) but useful for dark objects. June 29, 2012.
Wayne Evans This is definitely great, but 70 cameras.what i have done is took 3D scanning to a new level. I have found another method and most importantly another use for 3D scanning. I can not reveal at the moment. But i can say its far cheaper and the market is flooded with 3D scanning devices both expensive and cheap. One hard hint I will give 'i do not need to produce a 3D object to have a 3D object'.yes that may sound stupid.and I have several methods and the purpose of my scanning device I can not reveal.that just basically keeps everyone in the dark.this one you would quit your job for.
December 7, 2012. Andreas Hi Lee, I have asked for a quote for the Mephisto scanner, thats about 85000€. A little bit above my budget:-))), I really need a proper human body scanning system, for a project that will start next year. So for good consulting money, would you be able to show me your system and advise on camera position, synchronization, postprocessing. I have started some trials with one Canon and the Agisoft software, its quite encouring but far away from our requirements, please contact me I really need help!!!
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THX a lot, regards Andreas from Vienna December 15, 2012. Jim Ellis This is amazing. Thank you for sharing your work!!! Questions: 1) Which version of AgiSoft will work?
Can I accomplish the 360 degree scans using the $179 version or do I need the more expensive version? 2) How do you wire the 90 cameras and what software do you recommend for remote control to take the simultaneous pictures? 3) How do you set up the lighting or flashes so that the flash from opposite Camera angles to not wash out the opposing camera positions? Thank you for your answers. Jim September 29, 2013.