3D Printing Brings Video Game Characters to Life
The wildly popular Rock Band 2 video game lets you parlay your boring workaday self into a virtual lead guitarist, drummer, bassist, or vocalist on an Xbox 360, PlayStation, or Wii. On the Xbox, you can fashion your “avatar” to look just as you wish, right down to haircut, physique, clothes, gear and tattoos.
Now go to www.rockband.com/merch. Upload your avatar, pick a pose, click purchase, and you’ll receive a 6-inch figurine made of hard composite material that...read more
Posted by Bruce at 16 Feb 2010 
Categories: Entertainment Engineering
Tags: video games gaming models 3D
Categories: Entertainment Engineering
Tags: video games gaming models 3D
And the Academy Award goes to… a 3D printer. This year at the 82nd annual Academy Awards (3/7), movie stars will be sharing the spotlight with breakthrough technology. Avatar, nominated for best picture – along with art direction and visual effects – and Coraline, nominated for best animated feature film, were brought to the big screen thanks to innovative 3D printing (or rapid prototyping) technology by Objet Geometries.
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Neat! My brother is a Rock Band freak, maybe I could order a figurine of his avatar for his birthday! He will totally love it!
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