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A 3D Body Scan for Nine Cents – Without SMPL

A 3D Body Scan for Nine Cents – Without SMPL

by arkadiuss·Mar 30, 2026·17 points·4 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidDark Horse

Clever SMPL license workaround, but it's a blog post not a tool.

Strengths
  • •Nine cents per scan achieves genuine consumer-grade pricing for 3D reconstruction
  • •Anny's 11 semantic shape params (gender, age, cup size) beat opaque SMPL vectors
Weaknesses
  • •No reusable tool or library—just documentation of their internal pipeline
  • •Computer vision body reconstruction already has established commercial solutions
Category
AI/ML
Target Audience

Computer vision engineers and fashion tech startups

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