This presentation highlights some impressions from the 2011 SPAR conference, which was under the theme "Where 3D Innovators Connect".

1. 3D
Technology
Trends
Observations from SPAR 2011
By Jens Hupkau
April 2011
Spatial Processing Analysis Research!
w w w . s p a r p o i n t g r o u p . c o m !

2. Technology Disruptions
 Reality Capture
 Democratization
 Cloud Computing
 Simulation
 Digital to Analog

3. 3D Reality Capture
FARO drives the price of 3D
Scanners down by up to 60%
<$80k
Microsoft Kinect is first
PRICE
mass produced 3D sensor
$40k
2010: 10M
2011: 24M
$3K
$115
A D O P T I O N

4. Democratization of 3D
 New Hardware opens new  3D Content Creation
markets  … for the movies
 BRDF scanners  … for advertising
 Photogrammetry Solutions  … from photos
 “Scanner Killer”  Project Photofly (Autodesk)
 3D/Stereo Vision Cameras Nike Shoe 3D Sphinx
 360° Cameras (SpheronVR)
 Display Technologies
 Project Pluribus (HP
Labs)
 3D is going mobile
 Emerging of 3D TV & Laptops

5.  Kinect For Blind  Point Cloud
Generation
 Autonomous
Flying Quadrotor  Conferencing
 Controlling  Scanning
Vehicles
 Mapping
 Gaming
 …and more
 Presenter Tools Autonomous Flight
 Sculpting w w w. k i n e c t h a c k s . n e t

6. Moore’s Law
MOORE’S LAW # of Transistors double every 18 month

7. Moore’s Law…when will it end?
Intel caught on wrong side of the chip (click for article)

8. Computing Trends
“GOOD ENOUGH” “INFINITE”
computing computing possible
accepted as trade in the cloud
for convenience
HP RGS
New Kind of “LiveMeeting on
Steroids”
Chips needed
Ultra Low 250 ms
Latency 
Focus on Networks 10 ms
Energy
Efficiency Cloud
Computing
Services
Game • Raise Of Mobile Devices
Changers • Ultra Fast Optical Networks

9. Data Explosion

10. Cloud Computing Impact
 Centralizing ofhigh End  Increased offering of SaaS
Engineering Software  Siemens PLM
 CAD @ Applied Materials on  Oracle, Agile PLM
the cloud
 Salesforce.com
 Cyclon Works on Amazon
Web Services
 Analysis & Simulation
Customer Benefits
 Virtually unlimited  Low deployment cost
processing power  No Hardware to manage
 Pay as you go  Global reach
 Sharing of licenses  Scalability
 Security  Security

11. Simulation
 Autodesk Kynapse Gaming
Middleware used to simulate
visualization for project fund
raising
Seattle Alaskan Way Viaduct
Earthquake Simulation
 Flooding simulation of costal
community
Costal Flooding
 Simulation of
maintenance of
3D power plants
 Evacuation Event Planning
EVP link

12. Analog to Digital
 3D Printers
 Complexity is free
 Combine materials
 50+ materials printable
 Personal Manufacture
 Body parts
 Repair
 Copying
• 3D Scanning
Design • 3D Printing
 Scale • Photogrammetry • Meshing • 3D Content
 Nano > DNA sequence • Feature
Extraction
 Cell Tissue • Design
Capture Create
 Macro > Buildings
3D Printers can today print 98%
of the parts that they are made of…

13. Convergence
 Point Clouds…processing must become more efficient!
 Smart Clouds – use as is
 Feature Extraction – i.e. Pipes
 Specialty Applications – i.e. Bridges
 The Research is combining a number of 3D technologies in the
driverless car
http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_thrun_google_s_driverless_car.html
 3D printer uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney
http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/07/printing-a-human-kidney-anthony-atala-on-ted-com
 SPAR Point Group – “Where 3D Innovators Connect”
http://www.sparpointgroup.com