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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Surface material, size, color, how reflective, does it have cavities, symmetry, all make it not as plug n play as they make it sound.
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SM you have a seriously cool job!! I can only fanboy at my level.
I've read that the camera distance needs to be farther away to reduce curvature of lens effect, or something like that, which would reduce scanning accuracy at the same time.
Can't wait for virtual travel, VR manipulation of CAD with a glove, 3D repair manuals, etc.
(Hey if you ever want to get into the flight sim world, there is a huge need for auto color correction of satellite photo tiles(there are some deep purple wompers next to beautiful landscape and sometimes FL is deep brown while TX is green), autogen that actual lands on the picture correctly, auto recognition of roads so that AI traffic can fill the entire screen, and intelligently replacing cloud cover blemishes with similar believable land cover.)
I do think that some companies like PorscheAG and Disney have a bug in the butt about IP (and reasonably with exchange of money especially) but what they don't realize the free attention/interest/habits/loyalty they are getting is free advertising and brand identification in the bigger picture.
It's part of the reason why I haven't already gone and bought something twice as fast at half the cost.
There is a point at which individual property rights takes over and so yes I would download my car and be able to view how it looks with that aftermarket spoiler or interior kit, or just to learn the parts, etc etc.
The new emerging tech is overwhelmingly cool and I hope the open sourcers win and stinker companies are ignored so that it spreads here and domestic production remains at the top of the world leading the pack.