Video introducing ‘ProFORMA’ (probabilistic feature-based online rapid model acquisition), a system allowing online (live) generation of textured 3D models.

Qi Pan, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, has developed an interesting technique to model objects using a webcam.

The results are very accurate, and this technique could lead to cheaper software for model scanning, extending the possibilities of how physical study models can be used in early stages of (architectural) projects.

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