The Context
The availability of 3D virtual reality, augmented reality, printing, and associated software is currently a rapidly changing thing. A simple internet search for 3D capabilities produces so many choices, it is impossible to select any without having an application rather well defined. A general impression of the market gives the sense that new, higher performance, and likely useful capabilities are becoming available at an increasing rate. This suggests an event horizon beyond which prediction is all but useless has shrunk to a small number of weeks.
The Content
In this context we have a well developed technology called Digitome Volumetric Analysis. It can provide high resolution, geometrically correct, planer views on any axis and any orientation within the object space of a Digitome Image set. All based upon the original small set of flat x-ray images. As a consequence the Digitome Technology can provide spatial information in a form acceptable to the world of 3D software in mass quantities (aka slices).
The Process
It becomes obvious that there could be a substantial payoff from developing a connection between the Digitome Technology and the flood of 3D devices and software that is becoming available. The challenge is to decide what to do first. I suggest the following.
1. Add to the embedded Digitome System the capability of pushing image sets to any on of a number of high performance 3D systems on a LAN. This step is largely done. tested and functional except for the embedding process in the 3D Development environment.
2. Next, repackage a portion of the Digitome Software to be specifically designed to produce the mass quantities of 3D "slices" on a high performance PC.
3. Add to that, a virtual reality (VR) and/or an augmented reality (AR) subsystem.
4. Then acquire or develop the software capability of transforming the Digitome 3D "slices" so a 3D representation can be viewed on the VR and/or AR subsystems.
5. Then using a process of iterative refinement involving both end users and developers, create an effective viewing and working application environment.
6. The next step will greatly depend upon the results of these first five steps.
The goal here is to take rather large chunks of already working capabilities and integrating them using the minimum necessary of new software and hardware. This way, we would be adding small bits and pieces to already working set of subsystems. Fault detection, isolation, and remediation is best done in this incremental way. The system could always have the appearance of a finished functionality and utility with a steady expansion of what it can do.
The availability of 3D virtual reality, augmented reality, printing, and associated software is currently a rapidly changing thing. A simple internet search for 3D capabilities produces so many choices, it is impossible to select any without having an application rather well defined. A general impression of the market gives the sense that new, higher performance, and likely useful capabilities are becoming available at an increasing rate. This suggests an event horizon beyond which prediction is all but useless has shrunk to a small number of weeks.
The Content
In this context we have a well developed technology called Digitome Volumetric Analysis. It can provide high resolution, geometrically correct, planer views on any axis and any orientation within the object space of a Digitome Image set. All based upon the original small set of flat x-ray images. As a consequence the Digitome Technology can provide spatial information in a form acceptable to the world of 3D software in mass quantities (aka slices).
The Process
It becomes obvious that there could be a substantial payoff from developing a connection between the Digitome Technology and the flood of 3D devices and software that is becoming available. The challenge is to decide what to do first. I suggest the following.
1. Add to the embedded Digitome System the capability of pushing image sets to any on of a number of high performance 3D systems on a LAN. This step is largely done. tested and functional except for the embedding process in the 3D Development environment.
2. Next, repackage a portion of the Digitome Software to be specifically designed to produce the mass quantities of 3D "slices" on a high performance PC.
3. Add to that, a virtual reality (VR) and/or an augmented reality (AR) subsystem.
4. Then acquire or develop the software capability of transforming the Digitome 3D "slices" so a 3D representation can be viewed on the VR and/or AR subsystems.
5. Then using a process of iterative refinement involving both end users and developers, create an effective viewing and working application environment.
6. The next step will greatly depend upon the results of these first five steps.
The goal here is to take rather large chunks of already working capabilities and integrating them using the minimum necessary of new software and hardware. This way, we would be adding small bits and pieces to already working set of subsystems. Fault detection, isolation, and remediation is best done in this incremental way. The system could always have the appearance of a finished functionality and utility with a steady expansion of what it can do.