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Abstract: In this letter, we present a visual control framework for accurately positioning feature points belonging to the surface of a 3D deformable object to desired 3D positions, by acting on a set ...

Ready to turn a simple photo into a professional 3D model? In today’s tutorial, I’ll show you exactly how to create a 3D ...

I actually wrote about this over a decade ago, but I found myself thinking about this once again, the fact that, in 1972, the ...

Imagine snapping a photo of your favorite object, a vintage car, a family heirloom, or even your pet, and instantly transforming it into a lifelike 3D model. Thanks to Meta’s SAM 3D, this futuristic ...

The model, called SHARP, can reconstruct a photorealistic 3D scene from a single image in under a second. Here are some examples. Apple has published a study titled Sharp Monocular View Synthesis in ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

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SAM 3D Objects is a foundation model that reconstructs full 3D shape geometry, texture, and layout from a single image, excelling in real-world scenarios with occlusion and clutter by using ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If ...

Researchers at Science Tokyo have developed a neural inverse rendering method that accurately reconstructs the three-dimensional (3D) shapes of moving objects using only three standard projection ...