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[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

This is actually pretty interesting and I'd like to see them go forward with this concept. Marrying the real-world with the digital one at a closer level is one of the ways the medium moves forward with game design. Couple that with advancements in VR & AR and it could lead to something pretty special for 10th-gen gaming.

To everyone clowning on the idea, all I have to say is...you want that "magic" again, right? Well then don't knock stuff like this. At least wait until the tech is demonstrated before writing it off

 

[M1chl]

I tried the LIDAR on my iPad, but it was frustratingly hard. Tried scanning a shoe and whatnot and it always came out ugly like a mishaped 3D-model from the 1980s.

I though it works pretty well, at least my friend who models shit praised it. Edges are problems, that's with every 3D scanner. Whole procedure is not for everyone, I tried it too and it sucked, but for those who know, it's great tool.

 

[Kerotan]

Put your GF into GTA V strip club so she no longer screams at you when you get a dance.

 

[Kerotan]

sounds like an extension of what you can already do with an Xperia phone. Their phones have a crude 3d scanning software that can "scan" a 3d model of something and store it as a rotatable object that can be viewed in the app.

IMHO it will never be more than a novelty, as an actual model would require a lot of clean up work by hand (usually) even after it's "scanned".

I'm getting the new Xperia. I might scan my gf and show her the model lol. What's the app called?

 

[EekTheKat]

I'm getting the new Xperia. I might scan my gf and show her the model lol. What's the app called?

Xperia 3D Creator

The Xperia 3D Creator

3d-creator.sonymobile.com

It was out of the box installed on my old Xperia 1 - IIRC it sort of even pre-dates that somewhat though can't remember when exactly it first was a thing on Xperia.

It has a somewhat more consumer friendly front end (though not perfect) by walking you through steps to scan an object. I've always just did some novelty food scans or something cute/weird if I have some time to kill, and I never saw it expand beyond some viewable 3d models that you can rotate around on the phone itself.

 

[nemiroff]

Another day on gaf another useless method patent by Sony. These are not inventions but just boring everyday thing that all tech related companies do (including where I work, we file as many patents as we possibly can to cover our asses). Most of this shit is prior art anyway.

 

[Pejo]

I'm still waiting for this old Sony patent to be implemented.

 

[Neff]

That fake demo. Lol

Well, yeah...

 

[skit_data]

I'm still waiting for this old Sony patent to be implemented.

 

[Warablo]

Sounds like cool tech, but can only see bad outcomes when they try to monetize it. The best bet was just a scanner for your face in character creator games.

 

[BlackM1st]

I'm still waiting for this old Sony patent to be implemented.

That pickle... this can't be true, right? xD I remember the 1st one, but not the pickle lmao The fuck xD

 

[Elbow Identity Shallow]

Maybe we'll finally find out what the bottom of an avatar's shoe looks like.