Are you on the fence between using your phone as a 3D scanner or buying a professional 3D scanner? I’ve always wanted a 3D scanner, but I also thought my phone would be just as good. I scanned the ...

That small black dot next to the rear camera on an iPhone Pro. This is the LiDAR scanner.Many people probably feel like, ...

3D scanners are becoming more easily accessible, mostly for two reasons: There are smartphone apps the can use cameras or LiDAR sensors to act as a 3D scanner The cost of low-end 3D scanners continues ...

D scan broken furniture or tile corners with an iPhone, pass that data to an AI to estimate the "shape before it broke"and then 3D print a repair part that fits into the missing section.Until recently ...

Virtual facebow records created with a smartphone 3D scanner may serve as a reliable alternative to conventional facebows, according to a clinical study recently published in the Journal of Prosthetic ...

Smartphone-based 3D scanning app Polycam uses the device’s onboard camera to capture scans of objects like sneakers and figurines to full room interiors—complete with details like furniture and ...

Brendan Cottrell studies the application of remote sensing and drone technology in marine mammal conservation at the Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory at McGill University, where he recently completed ...

Sammy is a computing, Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, 3D scanning, and 3D modeling author. He has contributed articles on various websites, including Makeuseof, Tomshardware, All3dp, 3Dsourced, and several ...