The Milkscanner is a tool that allows the scanning of objects and creates a Displacement map for use with Moviesandbox or any other 3D App that would allow for displacement mapping.

Ingredients:
1 Webcam
1 Tupperware Bowl
3 cups of Milk
1 custom LEGO rig

How it works:
You fix the webcam above the bowl and put the object to be scanned in it. Note that the Scanner can only scan half an object at a time.You then cover it half in milk. The milk basically "slices" through the object. You can subtract the white part form the picture the webcam takes and the rest serves as your "slice". You then add some more milk and make another picture. That way you slice through the whole object, three spoons of milk at a time.

After creating a Displacement-map from your scanning, you can use it with the Trace-Tool and bring it into Moviesandbox, as shown in the video.

Here are a couple of pictures describing the device:






and some of the pictures you can create with it:




and finally, the "finished" model in Unreal:



i know, it's not super pretty, but it's still in the beginning...

Just a heads up that Moviesandbox (and me) will be featured in an upcoming workshop form Mediamatic (among other things).
If you're interested to get up close and personal and get your hands dirty on new and yet unreleased version with gazillions of new features (including instructions on how to create your own character) be sure to sign up now.
More information can be found at the mediamatic page.
See you there!

Oh, and a happy new year to all of you!
(and for those that cannot make it, hang tight, a new release is on teh way...)