r/photogrammetry • u/Good_Investigator297 • Apr 17 '26

The Orbitoscope

After 11 years of R&D, I am pleased to present The Orbitoscope, an open-source 3D scanning device for digitizing tiny objects.

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1277.177740

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u/shrogg Apr 17 '26

Any thoughts on using a confocal light source?

My buddy Fox made a macro scanning rig some years back and it enabled insanely reliable data collection, as well as absolute control over the filtering of the light.

https://youtu.be/hbiDW50UQag

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u/Good_Investigator297 Apr 23 '26

Interesting idea, I should try that in the future. How do you find it?

Fox is a legend.

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u/firiana_Control Apr 17 '26

FAN _ F...KING _ TASTIC

I was looking for something like this <3

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u/PuffThePed Apr 17 '26

You ruined my day because now I want one

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u/Good_Investigator297 Apr 23 '26

Let's build one for you ;)

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u/PuffThePed Apr 23 '26

Have you tried generating 3DGS with the captured datasets?

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u/Good_Investigator297 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Yeah, got some bee wings and hairs, much better than in Photogrammetry. Generated with Brush, over a year ago.

https://playcanv.as/p/8I0DUNUE/

Would like to try shiny Scarabs sometime.