New AI technology enables 3D capture and editing of real-life objects

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-ai-technology-enables-3d-capture.html

"Proximity Attention Point Rendering (PAPR): sweep around object with smartphone and get fully editable 3D model viewable from any angle... set of 2D photos of object becomes cloud of 3D points representing shape and appearance... resulting in video as viewer guided on a path around it using AI and ML... proximity attention: mathematically defining interpolator end-to-end between arbitrary set of 3D points using machine learning... when a point is moved, shape changes automatically in intuitive way"