As mega entities like Panasonic make their entry into the 3D printing world, innovation should continue to explode there–especially in a country that loves characters, figurines, and many exciting new forms of entertainment. Now, as Panasonic, headquartered in Osaka, unveils their 3D scanning booth in the same city–those characters and figurines can be personalized.
In quite the fascinating process, all triggering at the same time, the mirrorless cameras fire within a stunning 1/1,000,000th of a second, featuring an output with over 2 billion pixels of imag120e data. What makes this imaging scenario different from others is that the system does not employ a central scanner, but instead uses the multitude of very expensive cameras, so this isn’t something you will see in anyone’s home in the near future. Each camera itself weighs in at about $1,500, with a total of $180,000 in inventory being housed at the Panasonic Center.
It remains to be seen how popular the booths will be, while it was with great interest that last year we reported on the Lumix camera as well as Panasonic worked with Materialise to produce 3D printed camera covers to allow for personalization. It should be exciting to see what progresses from here, as well as what greater affordability is produced in the future as both Panasonic and Japan eagerly work to grab a foothold in the 3D printing market.
Discuss your thoughts on this new technology in the Panasonic 3D Scanning Booth forum thread over at 3DPB.com. Below is a Japanese-language video in which you can see the impressive detail of the 3D models.