striving to take my 3d to the next level (as they say)
web3d
http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/
O3D is an open-source web API for creating rich, interactive 3D applications in the browser. This API is shared at an early stage as part of a conversation with the broader developer community about establishing an open web standard for 3D graphics.
3d scanning
- http://www.david-laserscanner.com/
DAVID-Laserscanner is a freeware software for 3d laser range scanning. All you need to build a 3d scanner is a PC, a camera (e.g. a webcam), a background corner, and a laser that projects a line onto the object you want to scan. So everyone can use it to scan objects without high costs; this is the big advantage over commercial solutions which are rather expensive.
3d printing
- nik mentioned that they will have a workshop on this at foam. sometime in the fall?