An article by MIT Technology Review today details more background about the upcoming Autodesk Project Photofly version 2 with an interview of Vice president of Autodesk Labs, Brian Mathews. Project Photofly is the free Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs where you can upload photos and they are automatically converted to 3D models.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37631/?p1=A1&a=f