Nikon xxArray: Capturing Photorealistic 3-D Models

If you like photobooths, this will bring your experience in a whole new level. Nikon powered camera studio xxArray is an immersive photobooth that creates photorealistic 3-D models with the push of a button. 

The technology is being used to launch Art and Skin, a 3-D tattoo magazine on the iPad. It is built with a group of 64 Nikon D5200 cameras. Agisoft Photoscan software stitches the 15 gigapixel images together to make a whole 3-D model.

Usually the process is labor intensive, but by using Python scripting the Art and Skin team has accelerated the process to 90% automated and 10% manual. After the video, there is a sample of what the xxArray can do. This technology has the potential to easily make media stand out in a whole new level.
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Nikon xxArray: Capturing Photorealistic 3-D Models

Nikon Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. Its products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the world's second largest manufacturer.