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Structure Sensor, the world’s first iPad 3D scanner, is the sixth highest-earning project ever funded on Kickstarter and one of the most highly-anticipated gadgets of the year. Does it deliver on the ...

When it comes to screens, 3-D=lame: our own brains are more than capable of turning 2-D cues into full 3-D scenes without any weird glasses or other trickery. But 3-D scans are totally useful for all ...

Mentioning the term “camera-phone” to anyone in the 1990s should have invoked confusing mental images of massive handheld cameras duct-taped to equally massive walkie-talkie-looking cell phones. By ...

The Structure Sensor camera attachment turns your tablet into a mobile 3D scanner. We got to check it out at CES.

Occipital took to CES to show off its 3D scanning technology and how it can be used with iOS devices, including the Canvas app and Structure accessory that can quickly scan a room using an iPad, and ...

Really interesting article. The only question I have is: why do people always close their eyes while being 3D-scanned? Click to expand... Because Lasers. I use PhotoScan a lot for geological work.

When you attach Occipital’s Structure sensor to your iPad, you get a sense of what Geordi La Forge would look like if he was a tablet. The somewhat bulky 3D-scanning accessory, equipped with an ...