"That's today's project. In this article, I'll show you how I started with a picture of me, used some intermediate AI, and turned it into a physical 3D plastic me figurine. Do I need a me figurine? No. Is it cool? Yeah. Does it show off another AI capability? Yep. I'll be honest. I didn't expect my editor to sign off on this pitch."
"This isn't just any selfie. The photo was taken by the DJI Neo drone in autonomous mode, flying in front of me as I was walking and recording a YouTube video. The drone was able to maintain stable flight, a stable distance in front of me, and fly backward, all because of its built-in machine vision and AI capabilities. The picture I chose was just one frame from that 20-minute narrative video."
AI can convert a single photograph into a printable 3D figurine through a chain of consumer-accessible tools. A drone-captured selfie provided the starting image using autonomous machine vision for stable framing. The image was refined with ChatGPT's GPT-5.2 Images tool before passing through intermediate AI systems that generated a 3D model suitable for printing. Accessible 3D printers and consumer software enabled the end-to-end workflow at home. The process emphasizes visual accuracy and printability and demonstrates both playful and practical applications of multiple AI components working together to produce a physical object.
Read at ZDNET
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