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HOLOFIL projects 3D model animations played on your smartphone in an highly tuned optical setting in the device to create the illusion of a floating object (like a hologram). The 3D animations need to be always on a black background and are played in any regular video player in mp4 file format (We recommend MXplayer). You can create these 3D model animations with different ways. We explain a few simple ways below.
Create 3D models using your new age iPhones / android phones
New generation phones such as iPhones or even some Android phones come equipped with 3D cameras , LIDAR sensors that allow you to use your phone and take multiple photos / 3D scan to make a 3D model using apps from the Appstore or Android Playstore.
Search for suitable 3D scanning software such as "3D face scan", "3D scan" in Appstore / Playstore to find them and try them to create 3D models. Export the 3d model on your phone. Now animate these 3D models using HOLOFIL-X app by importing first and exporting as mp4 turntable animation (explained further). Use these 3D animations in HOLOFIL devices to create simulated holographic visualizations.
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Use FREE 3D models from internet to create 3D animations
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At Holofil we have launched our own 3D model marketplace of free 3D models that are animated for you to use. Please check the page above to see it.
There are many 3D marketplaces on the Internet from where you can download Free 3D models further. Search on Internet "Free 3D models".
Use these above models in our Holofil 3D model viewer app that now is also upgraded with Augmented Reality (AR). See about it below.
HOLOFIL 3D model viewer and AR app for animation export
Free app
Try our latest HOLOFIL AR app upgrade (in beta) to our Holofil 3D model viewer app. Do 3D animation exports.
Use prisma3d app for simple 3d modelling and animations
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pixcap 3d animation web program
Pixcap is an online program that allows importing / using existing 3D models and do different 3D animations in quick steps using easy processes. See some sample learning tutorials below for example for basic interface and 3d object animation export as mp4 video, or for 3D avtaar animation that you can do by uploading your photo and creating an avtaar 3d model and then animating it. Search for more tutorials on usage on Youtube further.
In the tutorials below create some basic character animations where in the end you can export a video file that you can then play in HOLOFIL to visualize it like a hologram. See the first tutorial below to get the basics first before watching the next two tutorials.
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Create Animated 3D Model in 60 Seconds! PixCap ACADEMY Tutorial
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Pixcap - Easy Animation Software - Basic Intro
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Other types of 3D data that you can use in HOLOFIL
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simple 3d text animations
Create your own 3D text animations using a simple 3D text animation creation software from us. You can use this for changing the content for product promotions, new deals, offers in HOLOFIL.
This software has predefined fonts, text animation styles, editor that allows you to create 3D text animations and export them in mp4 format to play in HOLOFIL. This is really good if you want to use it in shops etc. where you can place 3D text animation on top of your products for promotions. If you know how to use Microsoft word you can use this software, it's that simple.
scientific 3d data sets
Many scientific data sets are in 3D format and are perfectly suited to visualize in HOLOFIL. Use your scientific 3D data-sets to visualize in HOLOFIL by tuning them to fit into the device visualization requirements. Medical data-sets from MRI scans, CAT scans can also be tuned and visualized in HOLOFIL. The example here is from a laser microscopy data-set. You can use open-source softwares such as Image-J to load sliced datasets of imagery and then output animations that can be played in HOLOFIL. Or you softwares to output 3D models to use in HOLOFIL interactively.
3d scanned objects
3D scan your 3D models to visualize them in HOLOFIL. We use consumer grade 3D scanners to do 3D scans and then animate them to create 3D visualizations to be presented in HOLOFIL. 3D scanning is very affordable and gives extreme flexibility to present your artifacts be it art, engineering objects, or any other physical object in a more realistic way to your audience. This is a 3D scanned cow from the Cow Museum.
customized 3d content
We can create customized 3D visualizations based on your requirements to create amazing user experiences. Here you see an example customized 3D visualization with micro-organism matter that is a part of a show-reel for show-casing different micro-organisms. The prices for this vary based on the complexity of the content creation.
advanced softwares to make complex 3d content
how to create 3d animation non-interactive content? (blog-post)
build your own apps using unity / unreal studio
HOLOFIL works with both Android / iOS and you can create your own 3d games / apps to work on these platforms using the game engines like Unity, Unreal.
Experiment with the software stack to create new interesting visualization experiments by building your own apps for interactivity.
Sample unity game framework for game design
Unity is a game engine that is being used to create games for HOLOFIL-cardboard. Unity game engine allows creation of both 2D and 3D games.
We have created a simple sample game with detailed documentation that shows how HOLOFIL-cardboard games work so that students learning to build new games can get familiar with the programming environment and build simple games using our game and code as a reference. We have provided a well defined sample code base as a reference and a well documented guideline of important modules and building blocks that can then be used to further create more games by the students.
how to upload / play content in holofil
non-interactive content
In the non-interactive mode, the visualization content is 3d modeled animations that are exported in mp4 format and played in a looped manner as a show-reel. If you know how to do 3d modeling / animations, you can create the content yourself. The content can be created in 3D modeling and animation softwares such as 3D studio max, maya, cinema4d, blender, keyshot, adobe creative suit (illustrator, after effects etc).
We also offer our own in-house Android app that allows export of simple 3D model 360 degree rotation animation when you upload 3D models to it. See below for more.
We also offer a 3D text animation software that allows only
3D text animation as can be seen below.
interactive content
In the interactive mode, the 3d models are loaded in an android app that is bluetooth controlled using a controller to allow rotation, movements, zoom actions. You can load any 3d model in FBX, OBJ, DAE, 3DS, PLY format with sufficiently high poly count based on the hardware support to interact in the HOLOFIL device. If the model does not load, chances are the poly-count is way higher, then reduce it and load the model again.
There is also a face tracking interactive version for 3D model interaction as shown below.
You can also build interactive games that can be played with Bluetooth controllers by creating mixed reality setups suitable for your brand promotions. See more details below.
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