"Forge" which makes Android smartphone easily transform into high-performance 3D scanner

As 3D printer technology shows a dramatic advance, 3D scanner technology to acquire stereoscopic data essential for 3D modeling is dramatically evolving. Just by connecting to Android smartphone that appeared in such a way, transforming a smartphone into a high-performance 3D scanner is "Forge"is.

Forge - Abound Labs
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It is easy to perform 3D scan using Forge from the following movie.

Forge: 3D Scanning for Android - YouTube


Forge is a landscape camera connected to an Android tablet terminal.


Shooting the sofa with the Forge camera ......


Recognize solid.


When you tap the "Record / Play" button after shooting the three-dimensional object like licking it ......


The 3D CG is completed in no time. 3D CG can be rotated in the screen.


Three-dimensional scanned stereoscopic data can be output with a 3D printer ......


WebGLYou can browse it with a browser using, and you can share data.


Forge is 9 million times per second, a high-performance scanner that measures the depth of a solid, enabling high resolution scanning at millimeter scale.


Forge is able to transform a terminal into a high-performance 3D scanner simply by connecting to the micro USB port of Android terminal ......


It is OK with smartphone.


Forge which can do 3D modeling easily is now being developed for the official release.