GelSight

GelSight measures the texture and geometry of objects that touch its surface. The sensor is made of clear elastomer (a gel-like material) with a painted skin. Viewed from behind, an object pressed into the sensor appears as a shaded surface with a uniform reflectance. These properties allow for 3D reconstruction of the object's surface. GelSight was part of Emerging Technologies at SIGGRAPH 2009, please visit http://www.gelsight.com for more information.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 3D scanner
• computer vision
• touch
• texture
• shape
• trackpad
• retrographic
• retrographic sensor
• siggraph
• emerging technologies
• siggraph 2009

[vthodge]

Wow . . . that $100 bill part really sold it!

[ezc3]

Looks like fisical normal mapping. Simple and genious.

[nicolasrouelle]

ça donnerais quoi des gens ou des objets peints avec la peinture spéciale, qui nagent ou sont immergés dans une piscine contenant deux liquides biphasés un proche de l'eau , l'autre au dessus avec les même propriétés que la peinture spéciale, le tout éclairé du dessous et du dessus par le même système d'éclairage comme une carte de déplacement vectoriel. pour récupérer les données de formations des vagues.

[deaultusername]

should be possible to easily create normal maps from it.

DIY versions should show up soon enough as it is basically combining colour channels.

[ph0chiz0]

I can't wait to stick my penis in that...

[TheDisastrmastr]

i hope this can be implemented in game dev some day. I don't know if game developers have better tech for creating accurate 3d textures though. (?)

[luciojamestan]

like the

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[Jianju69]

Powerful, clever, & elegantly simple.

[misakitchi06]

I like it!!! :)

[MiasmaResonance]

*thumbs-up*

[Cook66]

Awesome