# Shapies - models from 3D full body scans **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262 "2014-10-23T16:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262/1 "2014-10-23T16:59:33Z")
[3D full-body scanning booth to create custom figurines](http://www.computerworld.com/article/2836838/worlds-first-3d-full-body-scanning-booth-to-create-custom-you-figurines.html) > [@](#): > > 3D scanner manufactuer Artec Group announced the U.S. debut of its Shapify Booth, which can scan your entire body in 12 seconds and use the resulting file to print a life-like figurine. > > The figurine, which Shapify is calling a “Shapie,” is created on a 3D printer in full color. I wonder when they’re going to scale up to full-size mannequins? I suppose a full-sized figure would need a rigid skeleton with articulation points, but perhaps that can be printed too? It seems theoretically simple: take X-rays of the subject, print the skeleton (why not use the real template?), assemble, add a means of articulation like springs, then print a flexible covering. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262/2 "2014-10-23T17:45:11Z")
One step closer to Life Model Decoys. I see the printing of one inch models as being all the rage for wealthy SCA gamers: scan yourself in your armor in a dramatic fighting pose, print, mount it on a metal base and you’ll be killing Orcs in no time. Or, print out a _whole bunch_ of different poses for your character so you can switch figures in mid-fight (“oh, no, I’ve been knocked out!” _replaces figure with prone one_). ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262/3 "2014-10-23T19:57:58Z")
These are actually pretty cool, but like all advances in technology, it’ll be used for porn. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262/4 "2014-10-23T20:56:34Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > These are actually pretty cool, but like all advances in technology, it’ll be used for porn. And porn will make it possible for that tech to grow and become cheep enough for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262/5 "2014-10-23T21:54:05Z")
A full size model would be great for people who make clothes. How much it would cost, I wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shapies-models-from-3d-full-body-scans/702262/6 "2014-10-23T22:00:54Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > These are actually pretty cool, but like all advances in technology, it’ll be used for porn. Whoa… Nanotechnology and femtosecond lasers got used for porn, and I wasn’t watching?