Human Shape and Pose, by Number

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Many years ago, I tried building my own (very basic) 3D scanner with a webcam and a leveling line laser. It was really exciting when I actually got it working and equally disappointing when I realized that my scan was point cloud full of holes. I had nothing to use it for.

This article is about a brilliant approach to not only get a usable mesh from such a point cloud, but also fill in the holes with real, human body shape. Very cool!!