Yes, Lots of research effort has/is going into this.....
Search the web/ebay for a product called Canoma, this will generate 3d vrml
models from 2d pictures.
Adobe will now be selling it since they bought it from MetaCreations.
It's ok but you really have to work with it and learn what is good input
for it. Rember it's a process.
-Brenden.
At 01:44 PM 11/16/00 +0100, Karsten Fries wrote:
>Biswajit Ghoshal wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Suppose I have a photo (.jpg, or .gif etc.), for example, of a
> shoe. Now, I
> > want to have a program which will make me a 3D prototype of the shoe. I
> > want to see the shoe from different angles, which I'll define by using the
> > arrow keys. One obvious constraint is that the view of the shoe from the
> > other side too will look exactly like the photo. There may be so many
> other
> > constraints also.
> >
> > Can anyone give me any suggestion - few lines of sample code, if possible?
> > I'd highly appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Biswajit
> >
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>Hi Biswajit,
>
>the problem you try to solve is a major one!!! There is a whole party of
>scientists
>behind that. Maybe you should look at some papers including the keywords
>Reverse Engeneering,
>Reconstruction of 3D Objects and photobased Rendering.
>
>The Java3D API does not cover this at all. You have to provide the
>geometry on your own.
>
>
>Karsten
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