In our 3D scanner, we capture static 3D scans of bodies, faces, hand and other objects. For this we use a full body 3D stereo capture system, custom built by 3dMD. At the time of installation, it was both the largest and highest resolution system of its kind in the world. The aluminium frame has 22 modular, medical standard scanning units. Each of those contains a pair of stereo cameras for computing shape and geometry, utilizing either one or two speckle projector units and a single 5 megapixel colour camera for capturing texture. A series of flash units illuminate the subject during capture. Five Windows based PCs control the camera pods and communicate over gigabit ethernet and internally via Firewire 800. Capture takes a fraction of a second, and the system can fire several times per minute.

The system is normally configured to capture a 3D scan of a full human body, in a full range of poses. Since the capture time is so fast (2ms), fast motions such as jumping or skipping can be accurately frozen in time. To date we’ve taken over 29,000 scans with this system, and have ongoing body shape trials.