System and method for body scanning and avatar creation

A method for scanning a body, comprising:

• capturing, using a range camera, at least a first set of depth images of the body rotated to 0 degrees, and at least a second set of depth images of the body rotated to x degrees, wherein x is >0 degrees, and x <360 degrees;
• calculating a first set of three dimensional points from the first set of depth images and a second set of three dimensional points from the second set of depth images;
• and
• rotating and translating the first and second set of three dimensional points into a final set of three dimensional points;
• creating a three dimensional mesh from the final set of three dimensional points.

A system for scanning a body, comprising:

• a processor;
• a range camera capable of capturing a plurality of sets of depth images of the body, a first set of depth images comprising depth images of the body rotated at 0 degrees, each subsequent set of depth images comprising captured depth images of the body rotated to at relatively equal intervals of degrees of rotation, wherein each interval is >0 degrees <180 degrees;
• a first set of computer instructions executable on the processor capable of calculating a set of three dimensional points for each set of depth images;
• and
• a second set of computer instructions executable on the processor capable of rotating and translating all sets of three dimensional points into one final set of three dimensional points;
• a third set of computer instructions executable on the processor capable of creating a three dimensional mesh from the final set of three dimensional points.