have you seen this, and is it useful?

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just saw this, is it possible something like this could work without any special lighting?
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=gLMOpt5invA&feature=youtu.be[/video]

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Looks too good to be true. Maybe it is that easy but I’d have to try it for myself.

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there are already other using similiar tech:

http://www.glasses.com/virtual-try-on

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my local tech college was working on something similar in 2013: https://www.ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2013/12/smartphone-wird-3d-scanner.html . Article is in german but watch the youtube video at the bottom.