Make3D automatically converts an image into a 3D model

The video above shows an output of Make3D.

Make3D is a Stanford University service that creates a three-dimensional "fly around" model out of a two-dimensional image. The resulting 3D model gives viewers access to a picture's depth and range of points of view.

Make3D is based on an algorithm created by Stanford students Andrew Ng, Ashutosh Saxena, and Min Sun -- the algorithm that won the best paper award at the International Conference on Computer Vision's 3D recognition and reconstruction workshop in Rio de Janeiro in October 2007.

Sign up for the service or view sample galleries here.