Software transforms 2D in 3D
14
Sep
It is very easy for humans to identify the presence of 3D objects in 2D scenes, but building extraction algorithms for this transformation is more complicated.
A new system was developed by the Interdisciplinary Center development at the University of Tel Aviv with the aim to simplify this process by using a technique to draw 3D shapes from photos and regular objects in 2D.
The system is simple enough to be understood and used by anyone, the user must trace the outline of the object and set its three dimensions, ie define axes or dimensions that should be placed in the third dimension, then the software automatically adjusts the object.
But the sweep in the third dimension not just to draw three-dimensional objects, the resulting model 
can be manipulated and edited and even reinserted back into photos or 3D scenes, and this makes the software a good news.
“Our biggest goal is still to help novice users to do this,” said researcher Chen Tao to Wired. “It took us some time to figure how to make October a very convenient user interface to generate this stuff.”
The paper 3-Sweep: Extracting Editable Objects from a Single Photo EIA was published in SIGGRAPH, 2013.
