Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve seen 3D image projection tried in a variety of different ways, but this is a new one to us. This volumetric display by Interact Lab of the University of Sussex creates a 3D image by projecting light onto a tiny foam ball, which zips around in the air fast …read more
Continue reading Behold a 3D Display, Thanks to a Speeding Foam Ball
Too often when you see a build video, you only get to see the final product. Even if there’s footage of the build itself, it’s usually only the highlights as a major component is completed. But thankfully that’s not the case with the “V-Baby” CoreXY 3D printer that [Roy Berntsen] …read more
Continue reading Watch a 3D Printer Get Designed From The Ground Up
Unless you live in a special, unique place like Hawaii or Costa Rica it’s unlikely you’ll be able to surf every day. It’s not easy to plan surf sessions or even surf trips to most locations because the weather conditions will need to be just right. Not only the wave …read more
We’ve seen our fair share of interesting knitting hacks here at Hackaday. There has been a lot of creative space explored while mashing computers into knitting machines and vice versa, but for the most part the resulting knit goods all tend to be a bit… two-dimensional. The mechanical reality of …read more
Continue reading Knitting Software Automatically Converts 3D Models into Machine-knit Stuffies
3D fingerprints and unlocking Android, Ticking off another command injection, Alexa, audio, and annotations, STS no longer just for HTTP, and Hardenize goes beyond TLS. News Bugs, Breaches, and More! 3d fingerprints and unlocking Android Ticking of… Continue reading Application News – Application Security Weekly #57
Not long ago, photogrammetry — the process of stitching multiple photographs taken from different angles into a 3D whole — was hard stuff. Nowadays, it’s easy. [Mikolas Zuza] over at Prusa Printers, has a guide showing off cutting edge open-source software that’s not only more powerful, but also easier to …read more
Continue reading Get Great 3D Scans with Open Photogrammetry
Once you’ve translated your physical self to polygons, the potential is limitless. Continue reading How to Become a 3D Avatar Meme
The growth of augmented and virtual reality applications and hardware is ushering in a new age of digital media and imaging technologies, and startups that are putting themselves at the center of that are attracting interest. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Matterport, which started out making cameras but has since diversified into a wider […] Continue reading Matterport raises $48M to ramp up its 3D imaging platform
The holy grail of display technology is to replicate what you see in the real world. This means video playback in 3D — but when it comes to displays, what is 3D anyway?
You don’t need me to tell you how far away we are from succeeding in replicating real life in a video display. Despite all the hype, there are only a couple of different approaches to faking those three-dimensions. Let’s take a look at what they are, and why they can call it 3D, but they’re not fooling us into believing we’re seeing real life… yet.
Continue reading Three Dimensions: What Does That Really Mean?
Most CNC workflows start with a 3D model, which is then passed to CAM software to be converted into the G-code language that CNC machines love and understand. G-code, however, is simple enough that rudimentary coding skills are all you need to start writing your very own programmatic CNC tool paths. Any language that can output plain text is fully capable of enabling you to directly control powerful motors and rapidly spinning blades.
[siemenc] shows us how to use Grasshopper – a visual node-based programming system for Rhino 3D – to output G-code that makes some interesting patterns and shapes …read more
Continue reading Use Nodes to Code Loads of G-code for 3D CNC Carving