Very easy 3D scanning software with ReconstructMe
[Maxzillian] sent in a pretty amazing project he’s been beta testing called ReconstructMe. Even though this project is just the result of software developers getting bored at their job, there’s a lot...
View Article3D mapping of huge areas with a Kinect
The picture you see above isn’t a doll house, nocliped video game, or any other artificially created virtual environment. That bathroom exists in real life, but was digitized into a 3D object with a...
View ArticleA portable, WiFi-enabled Kinect
The builds using a Kinect as a 3D scanner just keep getting better and better. A team of researchers from the University of Bristol have portablized the Kinect by adding a battery, single board Linux...
View Article3D Printering: Scanning 3D models
The Makerbot Digitizer was announced this week, giving anyone with $1400 the ability to scan small objects and print out a copy on any 3D printer. Given the vitriol spewed against Makerbot in the...
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