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Sony Is Working On 3D Scanner That Can Put Real-World Items Into Video Games (gamerant.com) 38

Posted by BeauHD from the what-to-expect dept.
Days after detailing the technical specs of the PS VR2, Sony has updated the details of a patent to include language that says would "allow players to scan real-world items into virtual reality, making anything interactive in the VR space," reports Game Rant. From the report: This patent isn't actually anything new as Sony filed it on June 23, 2021, however, the patent office took issue with some of its claims requiring the tech giant to rework some details and resubmit. It would seem that, as of yesterday, Sony and the patent office have begun moving forward with the process following updates and revisions by Sony. [...] According to the patent mock-up, it seems as if players will be able to scan larger items than the handheld ones featured in the banana patent such as full-sized lamps. The only caveat seems to be that players will need to be able to have a 360-degree view of the item in order to bring it into the digital world. As the report notes, the patent is still being processed so we "shouldn't expect this tech to be featured in games any time soon."
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  • More patent bullshit (Score:3)

    by locater16 ( 2326718 ) on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:25AM (#62154501)
    Just another bullshit patent in our world full of bullshit patents. This stuff has been worked on for years and years by various researchers, every siggraph for like a decade has had multiple papers on scanning in stuff in an easy fashion in one way or another.

    But yes I'm sure Sony invented it, just like all those other "inventions" out there for for software patents.
    • Even the article says "It's currently unclear exactly what the applications of the patent would be for".

      Photogrammetry [autodesk.com] hardware and software has been used in film VFX for years. It's a well-established process, whether by photos, lidar or a myriad of other processes.
    • Patents are very easily granted, but not so easily enforced. People often react with scepticism to bullshit patents, but seeing it enforced in a court of law is another matter. That is not to say it does not have a chilling effect, which is why it is obtained, of course.

      • consider.
        use patents and create a model on the object that the patent is describing.
        also this is an easy way to have variable product placement in interactive games.
        for example.
        an add for trojan condoms to help keep your guns operational on a verdansk bill board

  • Will it have something like a CSAM detector that prevents me from scanning my balls?

  • I'm going to want the Jeff Bezos rocket-tool as a piece of armour.

    And for all you poor, benighted Americans, look up some pictures of Henry VIII's armour currently on exhibit in the Tower of London. It would appear that he really was a "ruler".

    http://www.thelope.com/images/06-10-23s-328.jpg [thelope.com]

  • This might have major effects as we move to online VR shopping. Vendors will have to 3D scan products and put the viewable model online. Now add in Amazon and 'trillions' of products.
    Personally, I am waiting for it to hit OnlyFans, because I don't masturbate nearly enough daily.
    - oops. my phone added the last line in for me.

    • This might have major effects as we move to online VR shopping. Vendors will have to 3D scan products and put the viewable model online.

      I bet the patents will not stand. I worked for Canon in Guilford about 1990. They were working on 3D scanning as there was a bottleneck for getting 3D objects into the virtual world. One of the anticipated uses was for virtual shopping. Canon were keen on patents, so look for prior art about then. This was just before software patents, so you may have to search for a physical object, such as a 3D scanner or the mat with registration marks so we could identify the camera position from uncalibrated stills.

  • 3D scanners usually produce crappy artifacts that you have to clean up by hand.

    I hope they use a bit of AI to automatically take care of some of that.

  • I want tech that does it the other way 'round.

  • I read about a game machine company offering something like this years ago. In fact, I pulled out ye olde editor and hacked up a .LUA based system that added that feature to Blizzard's World of Warcraft! I emailed them the idea (and some of the source to show I was serious), offering to give them the whole thing. Alas, Blizzard has a strict policy to not even acknowledge such contacts or offerings, so nothing ever came of it. Too bad; seemed like a great idea at the time. And, for Sony anyway, even tod

  • This tech is nothing new is it? Heck, I remember either Romero or Carmack back in the 90's talking about how they scanned in the creatures from clay models to make digital versions of them for DOOM.
  • The Xbox Kinect motion capture device can be used as a 3D scanner, using either Microsoft's 3D scan app https://www.microsoft.com/en-u... [microsoft.com] or Skanect's software. https://skanect.occipital.com/ [occipital.com]

    It works quite well for home use, but it is best on organic shapes, corners confuse it. I've also used professional 3D scanning equipment at work (Leica AT960 laser tracker with a Leica AS1 scanning sensor) which was clearly more accurate, but I was seriously impressed by what I could do with a used toy that I pai

  • Uh, like maybe a gun with live ammo? In the Rust video game?

  • > the patent is still being processed so we "shouldn't expect this tech to be featured in games any time soon."

    Huh? What do those two things have to do with each other?
    You file a patent ASAP, but you certainly don't wait months to years for it to be approved before implementing an idea!
    If you want to warn would-be copycats away, you note that the patent is pending, and if they choose to copy you anyway, then once the patent's approved, you sue. You already made your idea public by filing the patent, so I

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