3D printing to go against Heaven: Disney's "conquest" human hair-hairstyle capture, 3D printing-IT news 3D printing to go against Heaven: Disney's "conquest" of human hair

Abstract: Disney research team using the "hair to capture" technology, hair 3D printing as a whole.

3D printing is no novelty. At present, the 3D printer can print out a wide range of different things, such as toys, bread, even handguns. However, there is one area, 3D printing has not been touched or have not "conquer", that is, print hair.

Recently, the Walt Disney Company research team to find a solution. The team isn't will print each hair as individuals, but to the entire hairstyle as a whole. The research team used a system called "hair to capture" technology, in retaining hair style on the basis of the main features of this technology can redefine user hair style "structure", and make it easy to print 3D entities.

The research team is inspired by medieval art and sculpture, as they have developed technology that no single hair print destination, but to simplify the hair line construction, and recolored, to meet customers hair characteristics. This technology is the key to something called a "multi-view style of" algorithms, it can on retaining object identity premise, extend a 2D image to a 3D image and maintain consistent abstract geometric patterns and colors.

3D printing technology developed by the research team is different from the traditional 3D printing technology is no different from addressed only at the scan objects program, will focus on the overall hairstyle rather than details. Disney's researchers did not give any other details. However, this technique may be applied in The Magic Kingdom souvenir shop. The Walt Disney Company said this new technology's ultimate goal is to create more could reflect personality characteristics of the statue.