“Imagine being able to build the items that you see in your mind’s eye in 3D space, using gestures and a pen,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “Then imagine being able to bring those creations into the real world with a 3D printer.”
“That’s the potential we’ll see unleashed in the coming months as the perfect storm of technology advancements empower this section of the industry,” Evans writes. “Apple’s move to introduce AR support at a platform level with ARKit means developers – including hardware developers – can now develop sophisticated solutions for a huge market of customers.”
“As Apple continues to develop its AR platform we will see it become better at doing things like recognizing walls as well as floors, and see it develop the capacity to recognize objects in the real world,” Evans writes. “That’s where Obsidian steps in. This recently funded Kickstarter project aimed to create a 3D printer for the rest of us.”
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Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: With mainstream 3D printing we’ll all be able to build things that were impossible to create before (like this). It’s a paradigm shift!
New opportunities for theft and graft. New opportunities for the NSA to implant nano particle spy chips into the raw material.
“Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves.”
For the common user of ARKit, I was under the impression you did not have the capability of ‘scanning’ real world objects, a reasonable first step towards creating your own 3D printable items. Is the idea to create apps that can download 3D models to view on an ARKit iOS device which you can then print via the Obsidian printer?
The more profound effects of this technology will be felt in the economics of space flight, exploration and zero-gee manufacturing.
“Imagine being able to build the items that you see in your mind’s eye in 3D space, using gestures and a pen,”
Yeah…imagine….
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Hey applecynic, that look pretty cool!
In these days 3D technology might seem to be difficult to use but luckily with the advancement in technology, Apple ARKIT is used just like other household gadgets. It is fun to use and can give multi-tasking benefit. One can make work related to art and also decoration items for home use. check out my blog at the same technology at http://adsblogging.com/computer-technology/best-3d-pen-2017-reviews/