![]() Then Apple acquired PrimeSense (Nov 2013) for many reasons, among them controlling the tech that is used in many 3d scanners, including the Microsoft Kinect, and gaining access to sensors that are small enough to fit into mobile devices and digital media player. This means Matterport’s capabilities will eventually end up on every new cellphone and tablet, and we’ll have millions of people making 3D models of their homes.” “PrimeSense makes the 3D sensor that provides the raw data into our system, and they just announced a much smaller sensor that can go into mobile devices. They hinted at this when Matterport CEO, Matt Bell, said, When Matterport launched their tripod-mounted system, that could have been it for them, but they seemed to have realized what few others did–mobile devices will be the 3d scanners of the future. Since ’09, we’ve seen scanning via webcam, structured light capture (my fav), 3d scanning apps, iPad scanning attachments and scanning with Google Glass. This and other developments are changing the state of 3D scanning and Matterport is part of the shifting stage. In February, they announced how they’re teaming up with Google on Google’s Project Tango, with the goal “to give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion” and headed up by Human-Computer Interaction researcher, Johnny Lee, best known for his work on the Microsoft Kinect. ![]() We’ve been following what Matterport has been doing in the 3D Scanner space since they first came on the scene–excited about their debut, saddened by their dropping the handheld 3d scanner and now elated to see what they’ve been up to. ![]()
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