Back in 2013, Occipital (a company then best known for making the RedLaser barcode scanning app) released the Structure Sensor, a device that turned any iPad you strapped it to into a portable 3D scanner.
Six years later, they’re back with the next one: Structure Sensor Mark II. It’s about half the size, but considerably more capable.
After releasing the original Structure Sensor, Occipital found that it was particularly popular in two different use cases: making 3D scans of people (like, say, scanning someone’s foot to make orthotics), and making 3D scans of rooms. Mark II’s specs and design have been tuned with these use cases in mind.
To improve accuracy when scanning a person, they’ve bumped up the resolution (from 640×480 on the original sensor to 1280×960 on Mark II) and increased the distance between the Structure’s cameras — thereby allowing it to capture finer details up close.
To help with room scanning, they’ve introduced a fish-eye lens; this widens the Structure’s view, which should help it perform better in smaller rooms.
Scanning range has been increased from 4m to 10m, they’ve added built-in gyroscopes/accelerometers, moved from a rolling shutter to a global shutter and a pair of …read more
Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets
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