There are plenty of reasons to pick up or build a 3D scanner. Modeling for animation or special effects, reverse engineering or designing various devices or products, and working with fabrics and ...

3D scanning is important because the ability to digitize awkward or troublesome shapes from the real world can really hit the spot. One can reconstruct objects by drawing them up in CAD, but when ...

Google has released many revolutionary products over the years, and another one is on its way out of the lab. Project Tango, Google’s 3D scanning camera, was originally developed to bring 3D scanning ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Polycam, the world's most popular 3D scanning app for iOS, web and Android, announced the launch and implementation of their new feature, 360 Capture. Polycam ...

I have a question about 3D scanning devices: Why aren't they easier to access? Today a project by Thomas Megel made the rest of the handheld smart device universe look silly by comparison. With ...

WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an easy-to-build camera that produces 3D images from a single 2D image without any lenses. In an initial application of the technology, the researchers plan to ...

Crime-scene models with detailed measurements once took hours to collect. Now, law-enforcement agencies are increasingly turning to new technology to help speed up the work and better collect evidence ...

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