Simultaneously, a second video sensor in the Model 3030 acquires RGB color information. The scanning process captures an array of digitized points, with each point represented by X, Y, and Z coordinates for shape and 24-bit RGB coordinates for color. The Model 3030 transfers this data via a SCSI link to a graphics workstation for immediate viewing and modification. The addition of color information to 3D digitizing provides nearly all the information a graphics application needs to fully describe an object. In addition to enhanced realism in graphic models, color denotes boundaries that are not obvious from shape alone.
Color indicates surface texture and reflectance.
By marking an object's surface before scanning, one can use color to transfer ideas from the object to the graphic model. In specialized applications, color can reveal characteristics such as skin discoloration, the grain of a piece of wood, or the locations of fasteners. Cyberware makes custom scanning systems with very high resolution color detail for nearly any type of rendering, animation or analysis. Details as small as individual hairs and the fine print on packaging are discernable with these custom systems. Cyberware designed the Model 3030 to satisfy a wide range of digitizing needs.