When you’re about to become a parent, sometimes it’s really hard to wait. Excited (and creative) father-to-be Samuli Cantell thought of a unique and personal way to meet his daughter before she’s born – Virtual Reality. Samuli, who has a background in digital advertising, persuaded his pregnant girlfriend to receive a 4D ultrasound. Using the 4D scan, he produced a 3D model of their unborn daughter that would be viewed using VR.
“This idea felt weird from the get go, so I knew I was doing something interesting,” Samuli told Tech Crunch.
Creating the VR of Baby Freja was a mess in the beginning. It involved turning importing the DICOM files to OsiriX lite in order to sculpt a clean 3D model. After the 3D model had been manually tweaked, it was placed in a Unity project — and the VR experience was ready for folks to see.
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“VR was nothing compared to meeting [Freja] in real life… With this ‘low budget’ production without animations, professional textures and lights etc. it still feels a bit like computer game,” he continued.
If anyone else is interested in using VR to meet their soon-to-be baby, Samuli encourages doing the 4D ultrasound before week 32 of the pregnancy in order to get a cleaner 3D model.
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H/T: Tech Crunch
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