If you want to do some 3D scanning, you usually have to get either a dedicated scanner or a less-than-elegant add-on. Microsoft Research and the University of Oxford think there's a better way ...

The MobileFusion app lets you scan 3D objects with your phone, but it's more a promise than reality.

Microsoft Research has developed an algorithm that turns an iPhone 6's camera into a 3D scanner that can produce high-quality 3D models in about 20 seconds.

Transforming an Xbox Kinect into a 3D scanner offers an affordable gateway into the world of 3D scanning technology. Originally crafted for ...

MIT's Camera Culture group has been able to successfully capture a high-resolution 3D scan of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull using about $150 worth of equipment and some free software. The skull, which ...

An curved arrow pointing right. At its October 26th keynote in New York City, Microsoft showed off a smartphone app that is able to scan anything in the real world into a 3D object. The company ...

In early October, researchers will show off Microsoft’s new MobileFusion technology, a project that enables an ordinary smartphone to serve as a 3D scanner. MobileFusion… ...

3D scanning on portable device is a technology that empower people turn physical objects into high-quality 3D models with the normal RGB camera capturing on mobile device and support for 3D printing.

The practice of 3D printing may soon be a lot simpler. New technology from the Microsoft Research Lab allows 3D scanning to be done from your smartphone, with no additional hardware needed. Dubbed ...

Microsoft says that no additional hardware is needed to turn the iPhone — or other modern smartphones — into a 3D scanner; computation is all done on the phone, too.

3D was highlighted as a core feature of Windows 10 Creator’s suite. Along with Microsoft Paint 3D, the company showed off a way to easily scan a real-world object with a phone so that it could ...