Kaidan Inc. of Feasterville, Bucks County, will build the turntables and handle worldwide sales and marketing of SpinImage DV through its existing distribution network. The price does not include a computer terminal or a digital camcorder with a Firewire connection. Firewire, a high-speed data cable developed by Sony and Apple Computer, is included with many digital camcorders sold today. The Autolycus software, in contrast, is designed to make 3-D image creation and posting to the Internet as easy and intuitive as possible. He sees the Autolycus software and turntable as a natural marriage with the eBay auction site and the collectibles market, noting that one of the big problems with eBay now is the two-dimensional nature of the photos sellers post on the Internet.
Photos can show only one side of an object.
Some eBay sellers get around that by posting several photos, but the Autolycus software enables a potential customer to see every side of the object and zoom in to look for cracks or other imperfections. Justice said elements of QuickTime, another Apple product, are incorporated in SpinImage and allow use of QuickTime functions such as zooming. He said SpinImage is compatible with QuickTime version 5.0, released last week. Another potential use for the software, according to Anders, is the parts catalogs of automotive and aerospace manufacturers. Parts users in those industries find it important to see the part before ordering it.