3D imaging lab enables creation of personalized action figures

Our take:

In Osaka, Japan, Panasonic has developed a 3D photo lab that uses 120 16 MPixel Panasonic LUMIX GH4 cameras to capture a 360° 3D image, with the whole sphere of cameras capturing at once.

The full array of camera pixel data provides 2 billion full color pixels to the 3D photo lab image processing system. Once the image data has been captured, a full, accurate 3D image. The system can capture "every detail from a single motion, a single strand of hair, and even the details and textures of clothing," according to the company.

From there, people who enter the lab are able to purchase a 3D figurine replica of themselves from the session. Just think of the potential of this service at a place like Disney World or other major theme parks or destinations. While it may fall into the "just for fun" category, this photo lab is cool stuff.

- James Carroll, Vision Systems Design Senior Web Editor

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