From: Martin Reddy Subject: SCI: Hand-held colour environment scanner Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 22:52:51 +0100 (BST) From Martin Reddy I'm forwarding this to the list for Dr Fisher.... sounds like a pretty interesting device to me. I've heard of simple (!) laser scanners which can be used to digitise 3D objects (e.g. Zyda & Pratt did this for NPSNET military vehicles); however, this device can create a full colour representation, not just return range data.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- The Machine Vision Group in the Dept. of Artificial Intelligence at Univ. of Edinburgh has been developing a hand-held environment scanner that produces data suitable for VR systems, combining shape and colour surface descriptions. It is used to scan existing physical objects and environments to produce descriptions for use in VR environments. For example, it could scan your office, your coffee cup or even you (provided you did not want dynamic changes of shape). For more information, contact: Dr. Robert Fisher, Dept. of Artif. Intel., Univ. of Edinburgh 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh EH1 2QL, United Kingdom (44)-131-650-3098 (direct line), (44)-131-650-3090 (secretary) Fax: (44)-131-650-6899 E-MAIL: rbf@aifh.edinburgh.ac.uk WWW:http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/staff/Robert_Fisher.html ---------- End of Forwarded message ---------- +============================================================================+ | Martin Reddy Dept. of Computer Science | | University of Edinburgh | | e-mail : mxr@dcs.ed.ac.uk Mayfield Road, EH9 3JZ | | http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/ Tel : (0131) 650 5164 | +============================================================================+