The first 3D photo booth is French! Call it 3D printed figurines, personal miniatures, or photo sculptures – they all mean the same thing: you can now buy a Mini Me version of yourself through 3D printing technology.
Specialized in 3D scan, Digiteyezer has just presented its system “AlterEgo” in Toulouse. AlterEgo is a photo booth which integrates a software program called “EasyTwin” that imitates user’s face in relief.
- See an interview of the inventors: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tbKCmpTJNXA#at=17 French only)
Along with gobbling up entertainment juggernauts like Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm, Disney has made two attempts this year with 3D printing booths. First, visitors of the Walt Disney World Resort could have themselves “frozen in carbonite” at the Carbon-Freeze Me booth set up for the Star Wars weekend celebration. More recently, the company offered girls the opportunity to become a princess in the D-Tech Me Princess experience. At both booths, face scanned portraits were then printed out in lieu of either Han Solo in carbonite or one of the Disney princesses. Cost for both was \$100 and takes five to six weeks to arrive.
- Here’s the promotional video for the service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_7QtCmOpDHw
Sources: http://www.insidethemagic.net/2012/08/walt-disney-world-to-create-custom-princess-figurines-with-childrens-faces-in-new-d-tech-me-experience/, http://www.carlinblog.com/now/la-revolution-3d-du-cinema-a-l%E2%80%99impression
