NC Introduces Two New Types of 3D Scan Equipment

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] NCSoft announced on the 12th that it has introduced two new devices, ‘LightCage’ and ‘LiDAR’, to its in-house ‘Visual Center’.

The NC Visual Center is responsible for R&D aimed at enhancing the quality of games and videos. These new devices are the first of their kind to be introduced by a domestic game company in Korea and will be used to acquire realistic character and background data.

‘LightCage’ is a scanning device designed to capture ‘3D geometry (points and variables representing objects in 3D space)’ and ‘detailed skin surface textures’. It synchronizes 156 multi-flash lights and 60 cameras to take hundreds of photos at once from multiple angles and lighting perspectives. It can finely reproduce real human skin details such as wrinkles and pores, and allows for precise expression of facial color variations.

‘LiDAR’ is a device that performs 3D scanning of wide-area locations based on actual measurements. It visualizes surface information of objects through laser pulses at a rate of one million points per second. It can scan areas up to 1 km away, including places inaccessible to humans, in a single scan. Wide-range backgrounds and objects are converted into high-quality 3D data, making it highly versatile.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.