It seems 3D printers have been around for ages and still we don’t have a good solution for turning physical 3D objects into digital ones. Yes, 3D scanners exist, but the OpenScan is the best 3D ...

The lines that separate the physical world and the digital realm continue to blur every day. Augmented reality is putting digital artifacts like windows and buttons, while platforms like the metaverse ...

3D scanning is important because the ability to digitize awkward or troublesome shapes from the real world can really hit the spot. One can reconstruct objects by drawing them up in CAD, but when ...

Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, covering at various times printers, scanners, projectors, storage, and monitors. I currently focus my testing efforts on 3D printers, pro and ...

Polyga, a 3D scanner developer based in Canada, has announced the release of its new H3 handheld 3D scanner. Described as an “all-purpose” handheld 3D scanner, the H3 is designed for scanning people, ...

Luxembourg-based 3D scanner manufacturer Artec 3D has launched a new and improved version of its Artec Leo system. Featuring the same built-in touchscreen and wireless functionality as its predecessor ...

Leading manufacturer of 3D printing equipment, Creality offers the best deals in their production of 3D scanners made for the 3D printing process: the CR-Scan Ferret and CR-Scan Lizard. Creality ...

The Creality CR-Scan Lizard is an optical 3D Scanner launching on Kickstarter on February 10, 2022, at 9 am EST. I typically steer clear of Kickstarter campaigns, but I think this may just be Creality ...

If you can 3D-scan it, you can 3D-print it – and Matter and Form has announced a super-versatile new way to do so. The Three system creates photorealistic, high-detail, full-color 3D scans of objects ...

Way back in 2014, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I got the chance to be turned into a 3D model. Unfortunately, they wanted several hundred dollars for a 3-inch model that would have ...

I have an old hand drawn floor plan of my house that I once used to calculate how much floor varnish I needed. And years later I added ceiling heights, power points, and kitchen cabinets as a basis ...