The future of gaming?

Image from Formlabs.

I saw this story on WIRED about a new 3-D printer that uses light instead of heat to create objects.  The Formlabs company's Form 1 is a high-resolution, low maintenance device that allows users to print three-dimensional objects like wargaming miniatures.  The company's doing a Kickstarter to get the device into production.

Coincidentally, on The Miniatures Page, there's a discussion about 3-D printers.  Putting aside the intellectual property issues, I see these home-office fabrication devices as a boon to miniature wargamers who happen to be early adopters.  While it will be easy to scan and copy existing sculpts, I know that gamers and artists will also use this type of device in new and imaginative ways--and since electronics get cheaper every year, I can see this gadget soon costing about the same as a laser printer.

Right now, there are a number of designers who sell wargaming figures on Shapeways.  Soon more of us will be creating our own at home.  How do you see 3-D printing affecting gaming?