Experiences with the Structure.io sensor

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Hi!

I was wondering if anyone has (extensive) experience with the structure.io sensor?

Are the 3D scans as good as it looks in the videos (full-room measurements etc.)?

Thanks!

Robert

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I can honestly say I was impressed. Just to be sure, weā€™re talking that thing you put on the iPad right?

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We actually used the Structure.io scanner when we got scanned at the Sketchfab office . The results were very impressive. Their virtual reality showroom at CES was very neat too.

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Hey Robert,

I have one and Iā€™m very happy with it. For room scans, itā€™s best to use the iPad together with Occipitalā€™s Skanect software, running on a PC or Mac on the same WiFi network - They call this ā€œUplinkā€ - but there is a room scanning app that runs on the stand-alone iPad too.

Most of my scans are either portraits or fairly small objects so Iā€™m not very experienced with scanning rooms but the resolution should be good enough for many room scanning applications. Just donā€™t expect the textures ( colour ) to be great. If youā€™ve seen portraits that look uncannily realistic, thatā€™ll be because the texture capture of the app is so good. The underlying mesh isnā€™t actually as detailed as you might expect.

If you have any more questions then fire away. Iā€™m something of a Structure fanboy! :slight_smile:

Cheers!

AndyL

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Good to know you like it as well. Is it safe to assume itā€™s the ā€˜bestā€™ scanner for consumers on the market? I know it depends on context of usage, but still

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@Filemon I does depend on use case, yes. The Structureā€™s resolution is really only a little better than the Xbox Kinect but itā€™s very much more convenient to use and, depending on the app thatā€™s running, texture capture can be much ( much! ) better. When it comes to anything below, say 700mm in size, it looks very much like the new Einscan on Kickstarter would be better.

Iā€™ve got a Matter and Form which is great for smaller objects, up to, say 150x200mm. Thatā€™s really a great little gizmo.

And finally, thereā€™s Fuel3D aka Scanify, which takes really high resolution, coloured single-snap scans. You can stitch them together, to make a complete scan, easily enough. Iā€™m looking forward to getting my hands on it at our up-coming London Sketchfab meetup.

So! Ya pays ya money, Ya takes ya choice. Thereā€™s really not one that does it all - But the Einscan looks like itā€™s closest to ideal.

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Thanks for the very useful comments all!

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Awesome, thx!