Print Yourself in a 3D Portrait
Have you ever envisioned yourself as a real-life action figure? With the new 3D portrait booths, possibly coming to a store near you, you can create your exact replica in amazing detail.
Step into the Booth
Designed by the Artec Group, a manufacturer of 3D scanners, the Shapify Booth is a high tech scanner that maps your entire body in just 12 seconds. If you’re not sure exactly what pose you want to be printed in, don’t worry, the booth provides you with as many free test scans as you would like. Once you choose the perfect scan, the results are sent off to the company and turned into a printable file within 15 minutes. Then, all you need to do is either print the file with your own printers, or use a print service, such as the official Artec print service.
See the booth in action:
What moment would you immortalize?
So far, the majority of the booths are placed in grocery stores, which means that most customers will be capturing their miniature 3D self in their everyday attire. Artec does, however, point out that the prints are a fantastic way to capture life’s special moments, such as weddings, birthdays, and pregnancies. One of Artec’s advertisements focuses on this idea as it tells a couple’s love story through their shapies.
With a suggested starting retail price of $99 and going up to $199 depending on the size, the shapie isn’t necessarily a trinket that everyone can bring home from the grocery store on a whim, which brings the whole business model into question. What do you think? Would you happily dole out the cash for a lifelike miniature of yourself? Would you be more willing to do so if it captured an important moment in time? Let us know in the comments.
To learn more about how you can incorporate 3D printing in your own business model, contact us at Spectra3D Technologies.
*header image from iPad Wisdom (http://ipadwisdom.com/2015/03/04/get-your-3d-full-body-scan-to-create-a-3d-shapify-figurine/)
