The future of mobile 3D scanning

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What you are watching at, is a group of 3D high quality models created using photogrammetry.

Photogrammetry is a method of 3D scanning. In order to create such a 3D model, you have to capture many high resolution photos of the object, and then you have to use PC software to generate a 3D model.

It may sound easy, but it is not. Photogrammetry requires captures from specific angles and distances. The 3D model computation can take many hours, and in some cases even days.

There exist other and faster methods to create 3D models. There are smartphones with a 3D sensor that makes it possible to create a 3D model of a whole room in less than 5 minutes. However, 3D models scanned by smartphones lack a good quality.

In the year 2017, we developed the best rated 3D scanning app for Android smartphones using Google Tango. Google Tango devices use the 1st generation of mobile 3D sensors, thus the quality may not be the best.

The 2nd generation of mobile 3D sensors is already available, but not yet for end customers. We believe that with the 2nd generation sensor on smartphones, we can reach a comparable 3D scan quality like the one you are watching in this video.

But, as the 2nd generation 3D sensor provides much more data than generation one, it is more complicated to process the data on a mobile device. We are working hard to make it possible.

What we need for further development, is a mobile device with a 2nd generation 3D sensor. We are searching for manufacturers who would provide us with a device prototype we can test on.

Everyone knows that great hardware cannot work without great software. Please contact us.

Contact: tridosm@gmail.com
Models licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/







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3d scanning
photogrammetry
Sketchfab
Google Tango
Qualcomm
Open Constructor
opensource
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