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3-Sweep: Extracting Editable Objects from a Single Photo, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2013
A SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 research demo of 3-Sweep, a tool for extracting editable 3D objects from a single photo using a few user strokes. It predates modern AI image tools.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recalls it as a mind-blowing pre-AI demo of 2D-to-3D object extraction.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Daniel CohenOr
- Topic
- single-image 3d reconstruction
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2024
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From the original HN conversations
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SIGGRAPH from over a decade ago has entered the chat... [VIDEO] It may not be AI, but this single video blew my mind back in *2013* and I find myself thinking about it often.
alfiedotwtf on Hacker News · 2024-10
In Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seenI would love to see this combined with object extraction to make 3d models from the measurements. Here's an amazing demo: [VIDEO]
cookingrobot on Hacker News · 2013-09
In Show HN: 3D sensing SDK for iOS – Produces point cloud and 6DOF device motion
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