Sense 3D Scanner changes the way you work. Fast, uncomplicated, portable, and practical, it presents full-color 3-D scanning for use in your home, school, and business. It is the first USB-powered handheld scanner to use the ultimate short-range scanning technology from Intel, the RealSense SR300 3D camera. By making use of HD cameras and a highly-sensitive infrared projector, the RealSense technology permits a closer scan range and higher resolution than former generation devices.

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What Users Love About the App

“If you want to start doing 3D scans without spending thousands of dollars, this might be an option for you, since this budget 3D scanner is quite affordable, costing even less than some accessories for professional 3D scanners.”

“Even though a computer is required to use this scanner, its hardware does not need to be high-end. An Intel Core i5 or equivalent will handle the processing, and 2GB of RAM are enough to keep things running smoothly.”

“Besides its affordable price, the Sense comes with completely free software. There are also no “advanced” or “professional” paid version upgrades, so you can use the program’s full set of features for free.”

“This scanner is capable of capturing color features of target objects, which has several advantages, such as making a visual review of scanned objects much simpler or facilitating the use of those scans with 3D printers that allow for color printing.”

“The Sense’s relatively small size makes it fairly easy to pack away safely and avoid any unfortunate mishaps in transit. It’s easy to use in any place you can get a laptop set up. Barely over 7 inches at its longest dimension, it even fits snugly into most laptop bags.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“This scanner’s resolution is, at best, 1 mm. This can result in inaccurate and sparsely detailed scans, so make sure you can work with this kind of resolution on your 3D applications before purchasing this 3D scanner.”

“The Sense has no internal memory, and cannot be run without being connected to a computer, which makes on-the-fly scanning more difficult.”

“There’s no simple way to ensure that the Sense is still on target while scanning unless you can keep an eye on the computer screen. If that’s too inconvenient, a possible solution is having two people manage the scan, but that creates a whole new set of issues.’

“The Sense uses an IR-based Structured Light system for scans, which is vulnerable to some issues: low light easily confuses the scanner, as well as uneven lighting. Bright lights in the background can often disrupt the scans entirely, and scanning in direct sunlight also renders the scanner almost unusable.”

“Keeping the scanner in a single position and rotating an object in front of it doesn’t work with this scanner, since it relies on seeing changes on the environment surrounding the target to perform the scan.”