3D Printing: $550 billion by 2025
McKinsey, a worldwide management consulting firm, predicts that additive manufacturing could have an economic impact of $550 billion annually by 2025. 3D printing has always been seen as a solution to the complicated process of taking a product from design to finished product, but has never fully caught on- until…
All Treats and No Tricks for 3D Portraits
3 Spooky Marketing Tactics to Boost Halloween 3D Portrait Sales Halloween is right around the corner, and one of the coolest things to do apart from attending Halloween-themed parties or trick-or-treating is getting dressed in a spooky and crazy costume. There are a plethora of options from superhero to pirate…
3D Printed Action Figure made with a Full Body 3D Scanner
One of the most popular use cases for Twindom’s full body 3D scanners is people who take them to cosplay and halloween-themed events. The above is an image of a 3D printed figurine from someone who dressed up in a RX-78-2 Gundam suit at an event that Seattle-based Holodeck 3D Studios did with…
Is 3D Scanning Technology a Catalyst to Augmented Reality’s Growth?
Imagine a company printing 211 million copies of a product catalog. That is more than 20 times the population of Sweden. What would happen if you added augmented reality to the mix? IKEA, a Swedish home furniture company, valued for offering good design and functionality at affordable prices, just started utilizing…
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Twindom and Kodak Announce the KODAK Full Body 3D Scanner
Today the Eastman Kodak Company and its brand licensee, Twindom, announced the KODAK Full Body 3D Scanner, a simple, powerful and mobile solution designed for the fast-growing 3D printed figurine market. The new offering utilizes Twindom’s industry-leading hybrid 3D scanning technology to produce high resolution 3D scans that in turn…
Four Moments of Every Love Story That Should Be Told in 3D
Every generation has its prized set of status symbols, and for millennials, one of those status symbols resides in the “experience economy.” Documenting the experiences of each moment has become a potent form of social currency for young, upwardly mobile consumers with disposable income, making every stage of a romantic…
Three Reasons Why 3D Printed Portrait Photography Will Withstand the Test of Time
As evidenced by the Google Arts and Culture portrait app that recently went viral, the practice of portraiture will always be alive and kicking for as long as human beings remain sentient on this planet. As the social media boom of the past two decades transformed how we present ourselves both…