3d Scanner App‪™‬ 4+

I never knew the power of my phone! I thought when I bought it, yeah it’s got LiDAR, good for AR games, which I rarely play, so what. Then I came across this app. It’s quite amazing what it does for a complete novice in the world of 3D scanning. Personally I find it a little clunky in the user interface department, and after you scan something, I’ve no idea what to do with it. Therefore the novelty factor can wear off fast, but it is a an amazing tool. I wish I knew how to get the most from it. I hope the developers keep updated and improving. I definitely recommend it, you could use it for re-decorating your room, scan the garden and redesign that! As I said, I don’t know the best use of it, but it is amazing to have this ability in a phone.

I definitely recommend you try it, it’s pretty cool.

Just scanned the dog while it was sleeping, oh my God what an amazing render! Quality of the Hi-Rez scan is incredible. I’m not using it for any actual real purpose other than playing with it, but this certainly is something I will use over and over to scan things around the house that I’d like to keep and remember in a way that no photo or video can ever do. Basically 3D virtual model “photos” - a bit like back in the 1800’s where the subject needs to stand stock still to let the photo plate capture the image sufficiently to render a good image. But because of the pace of technology in 2020 I imagine we will look back on this in 5 or 10 years as the beginning of a similar form - full on 3D virtual model photography.

Use it for scanning building and civils works. Results are very impressive and surprisingly accurate when compared to a manual measurement. The only thing to be careful about is when you’re looping in on the area it is likely to be out a little. Still perfect for my purposes where it also displays elevation info accurately. I usually export to fbx and share with autodesk viewer.