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Wolfprint 3D's white egg-shaped pod in a suburban shopping mall
in Tallinn, six cameras and a touch screen allow people to
create a high resolution 3D face and enter the increasingly
personalized world of virtual reality (VR).
By 2017, Wolfprint aim to make getting a personalized avatar
into games as quick and easy as changing clothes or equipment in
existing games and interactive VR platforms.
But unlike other 3D scanning, which usually involves a full body
scan and requires a trip to a studio at a cost of some $500, the
Luna Scanner can be installed almost anywhere.
For now, the scans in the Tallinn booth are offered for free as
the company tests the unit and collects biometric data.
Minutes after the photo is taken, a link to the 3D image is sent
to the user's nominated email account and can be viewed on a VR
viewer app on a mobile phone.
And at a science museum in Helsinki a Luna Scanner allows people
to almost instantly put their faces on a virtual astronaut and
start exploring VR space.
Wolfprint 3D plans to mass produce its distinctive booths and
expand beyond existing sites in New York, Finland and Estonia to
theme parks and exhibitions on the U.S. East Coast.
"Every person needs a unique 3D avatar of themselves for VR to
truly become social", Wolfprint 3D's co-founder Kaspar Tiri told
Reuters.
(Editing by Alexander Smith)
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