Researchers have developed a new technique, called MonoCon, that improves the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) programs to identify three-dimensional (3D) objects, and how those objects ...

Learn more The AI research labs at Facebook, Nvidia, and startups like Threedy.ai have at various points tried their hand at the challenge of 2D-object-to-3D-shape conversion.

A stunning new 3D object creation software tool was demonstrated recently at SIGGRAPH Asia 2013. ‘3-Sweep’ can take an object from a standard 2D photograph, pick it up, tilt and turn it.

They have 2D pictures, and they have physical objects. Occasionally there is a CAD. Creating 3D objects of the products is a hurdle companies must overcome, but their options are not great. Scanning?