World's First 3D Photocopier

Ortery has just launched a new office machine called 'Photosimile'. It is the world’s first 3D photography machine. Photosimile is effectively a photocopier that creates virtual 3D replicas of whatever small artifact you like. Or animal (providing they sit still while the machine spins them around 360 degrees).

Ortery's Photosimile 5000 3D photocopier has taken two years to go on sale since it first surfaced in 2008. Ortery's Photosimile 5000 system consists of a PC-controlled desktop photography studio comprising a light box, a DSLR camera, an automated camera positioning device and dedicated workflow software.

Ortery's new desktop studio systems allow you to create professional-looking product photos for use online (as 3D animations, if you so wish) or in print. The Photosimile 5000 software does all the work for you - controlling the studio, camera location, turntable movement, camera settings, picture taking, and post processing.

Ortery's system makes use of four daylight bulbs providing 6500K illumination, a Canon DSLR mounted on a mechanical track, an Ortery turntable and can shoot up to 72 pictures per 360-degree rotation, from zero through to 90 degrees.

Ortery's Photosimile 5000 is priced at around US$17000.

Sources:
1. Ortery
2. Tech Radar
3. Gizmodo
4. Photosimile Youtube movie

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