Casting young local talent for 3D-avatar production – earn $120

Your child could be the next 3D-avatar!

We are looking for young local Wellington amateur models (girls/boys, all ethnicities), aged 8-14 years, to be photographed and turned into animatable digital 3D-avatars for VR and architectural 3D-visualisation productions.

The 3D-shoots will take place in September 2023 in Wellington City.

We are paying $120 per shoot, and the shoot sessions will only take 20 minutes each.

Talent will have to apply by sending up-to-date, full-length photos, wearing their own outfit. We need at least four photos of the talent, wearing two alternative summer outfits and two winter outfits (avoid plain black colours for clothes and shoes, vibrant, colours and textures are preferred). FYI, this is not a fashion shoot, so just pick your favourite items from the closet 🙂

Make sure the photos are well-lit and have decent image resolution. Talent is not expected to send professional photos, but good enough photos for the selection process.

This is a great opportunity for your child to be involved in a cutting-edge project that will be used by other 3D artists, virtual reality creators, architects, and video game companies. The models will also get to learn about the process of creating 3D avatars, which is a valuable skill in today’s digital world.

If you & your child are interested in participating, please send your contact details and (at least) four photos to in**@3d**.me.

Questions? Give us a buzz at 04 8881398 🙂

New 3D-scanner site!

Did you know we are now co-locating with our friends at Underground Arts Tattoos (183 Vivian Street, Wellington CBD)? And what’s even cooler, we have a brand-new 3D-scanner ready to create your hyper-realistic digital 3D-avatars (humans and pets). Book your appointment now or get in touch to learn more!

Book here

Cirkus Production teams up with 3Dfy.me to create magic movie experience

 

3Dfy.me were approached by the award winning international animation house Cirkus Production Ltd in Auckland to support them with the creation and 3D-print production of a set of life-like miniature figurines.

A large Philippine retail operator had selected Cirkus to create “timeless, magical moments” that will be experienced when visiting their shopping malls.

Being a bunch of incredibly talented artists Cirkus decided to take an unusual, fresh approach to creating a dream-like miniature world. The whole set was built by hand and only a few CGI extensions and floating physical elements were added for the camera fly-through.

As a key requirement for the magical illusion the human “actors” placed around the flight path  needed to be physically created in the desired poses and clothes, as life-like as possible. To achieve this human talent, dressed in suitable clothes were 3D-scanned in multiple poses (using our advanced photogrammetry technology), digitally reconstructed, and adjusted where needed (e.g. facial features and clothes).

Next 3Dfy.me was tasked with ensuring the best suitable production process and 3D-print file preparation to achieve great geometrical detail and vivid, crisp colour outputs. Given 3D-printing in full-colour is quite a niche technology and only very few printer manufactures in the market, this was not an easy feat to be accomplished. Luckily 3Dfy.me managed to secure the support from the School of Design Innovation at the Victoria University Wellington. We were very privileged to use their full-colour photo-polymer print production facility to create the stunningly colourful figurines you can see in the final movie. A big shout-out to the the team from the Vic Uni Resource Centre!

And now, without further ado, enjoy the making-of film ‘Small Moments’ by Cirkus.

Who’s a good boy? – Treat yourself to a mini-buddy.

Yep, we do dogs as well. Now is the time to get your mini-buddy printed – we got the tech sorted for you. 3Dfy.me offers the perfect gift for all dog lovers – photo-realistic figurines, 3D-printed in sandstone material – unique in New Zealand.

Benny – Explosive Detector Dog from the Wellington Airport, got happily digitised too… we used 154 sensors, capturing time: 0.06 sec! Benny and his mini buddy – love at first sight.

Get in touch with us to learn more or book your scan appointment here

The making of your 3D-Mini-You

Check out our latest video and find out step by step how you can get your 3D-Mini You printed and the amazing technology involved. We provide business services too, so get in touch and let us know how we can add value to your project. Meet us at our studio in Wellington (1 Norwood Place / Johnsonville, Wellington or at one of the events around New Zealand.

Cheers, your 3Dfy.me Team

Check out our 3D-Scanner video …

Our self-designed and locally built 3D-scanner is a unique piece of digital capturing technology. It captures full-body 3D-images faster than a blink of the eye (0.1 secs). The multi-camera system (154 cameras in total) is based on photogrammetry principles and allows for highly detailed digital captures of any up to human-sized subject using 300+ source images of our customers adding up to Giga-Pixels of processed data.