prostheticknowledge:

3D Printed ArcheAge

Curious little project by caretdashcaret reconstructs a game avatar with photogrammetry app Catch 123D and 3D prints the results:

Here’s my 3D print of a Firran from the video game ArcheAge

Instead of using the in-game models for 3D printing, I took a lot of screenshots and reconstructed a model using photogrammetry.

Whilst to some it maybe pointless, it is an interesting experiment in modern mediation – applying a computed reconstruction method on an already virtual object, observing the differences between the two …

You can find out more about the process here
An interactive model of the scene can be found here
caretdashcaret also has a Tumblr blog here
[h/t: Jeffrey Huber]