Talk:3D scanner

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I've been working with and doing some university research on 3D scanners and I remembered that I came here once for info on 3D scanning and the page was a stub. So here's some info to fill it in. Some parts that probably still need work are the sections on modulated light and passive scanners. I also don't have first-hand experience with industry applications of 3D scanners so maybe someone from industry can fill in more detail on that. -Jthg 07:06, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It would be nice if someone could write a bit more about the pros and cons of various 3d scanners and how they compare to each other. Things like relative size and cost comparison of the different 3d scanner technologies would be helpful information in my opinion. Also I'd think it would be nice with a list of some common algorithms used for reconstruction, under the reconstruction section. I think 3d scanners are really interesting and I really hope to have one on my destkop in not too many years, so I think it would be nice to have some more information on which types are appropriate for which applications. SiliconeGraphox 22:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Section "Material processing and production" added with information about industrial laser appliances - MPOxy

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[edit] Canadian invention

I have removed the canadian invention category because i honestly think that 3d scanner technology is a too broad field for adding this category to the whole 3d scanning. As far as i known the canadian contribution was only in one of the many many possible particular techniques for recovering 3d shape (the article subject). In some sense adding the canadian invention category would be similar to adding that category to the whole battery (electricity) article. ALoopingIcon 20:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vanity Links

I am going to restructure the external links sections. I think we should leave only links to informative materials (papers, tutorials and comparisons) and the hardware and software producers. Service providers, i.e. companies that perform scanning using other HW and SW, will be considered as vanity links and removed. ALoopingIcon 10:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Again on removal of vanity links of commercial hardware and software producers. ALoopingIcon 07:43, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vanity Links vs. Useful Wiki-bound links

Having just added some information on several examples of scanning firms considered to be important to the field, I see from this discussion that I should alter the external links to make them internal links - which I will do shortly. However, as this is a private investment-driven industry, the naming of certain firms as prime examples (particularly companies with large R+D departments such as Leica Geosystems, which I will also be adding an internal wiki link for on the page) is appropriate and consistent with the preexisting mentions of individual models of laser scanners on this page. Of course, this contention is open for debate. DuendeThumb (talk) 05:59, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Decided to scrap new text in favor of additions to See Also section --DuendeThumb (talk) 06:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Preservation

You know, I just find this quite hilarious. Who wants to bet that old stone statues and clay tablets will continue to stand time while 32 GBs worth of hires data in some HD eventually dies or its bytestream come to future civilizations about as perplexing/uninteligible as some cuneiform scripts?... BTW, 201.47.188.2 (talk) 19:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)