Create Your Homegrown 3D Avatar Movie for $250 [3D Video]

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• 2x Kodak Zx1 Digital Camcorders
• L-Shaped Extruded Aluminum
• 2x 1/4" Nylon Washers
• 3x 1/4-20 Wingnuts
• 2x 1/4-20 Panhead Machine Screws
• Tripod with Quick Release Shoe
That's it. Put everything together as shown in their page (http://savi.weber.edu/%7Eron/projects/3dRig/), and create 3D videos like this:

For the Avatar bit, just apply generous blue powder all over your body. All of it. [Savi (http://savi.weber.edu/%7Eron/projects/3dRig/)]


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