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Galaxy Note 10+ 3D scanner app now available on the Galaxy Store

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By Abhijeet Mishra

Last updated: August 23rd, 2019 at 16:41 UTC+01:00

Samsung has published a new app called 3D Scanner on the Galaxy Store. The 3D Scanner app takes advantage of the ToF (time-of-flight) camera on the back of the Galaxy Note 10+ (and Note 10+ 5G) to scan and create 3D models of real-world objects. The Galaxy S10 5G and Galaxy A80 also have a ToF sensor and should technically support the app, but Galaxy Note 10 owners won’t be able to use it as the smaller Note 10 doesn’t have a ToF camera at the back.

Creating 3D models of real-world objects requires one to scan the object from all directions. Those models can then be transported as a GIF file for sharing with others and can also be added to pictures and videos captured with the camera. Samsung recommends objects sized between 20-80 cubic centimetres, and we also found that you need to make sure there’s nothing else around the object that you’re trying to scan when we tested it out, or you simply end up with a scan of the object and its surroundings.

We’ll test 3D Scanner on the Galaxy Note 10+ more thoroughly later on and will tell you all about it in our review of the device. For now, if you have the Galaxy Note 10+ (or a Galaxy A80 or Galaxy S10 5G), you can grab the app from the Galaxy Store by clicking this link on your phone. After it has been installed, you will find a shortcut to the app in the app drawer. You can also access 3D Scanner from Bixby Vision – just open the camera app, tap Bixby Vision, then switch to the apps panel.

If the app isn’t available for you via the Galaxy Store, you can download the APK file on your phone and install the app manually by navigating to the downloaded file in the My Files or other file manager app. Download the APK file here, and let us know your experience with 3D Scanner once you’ve been able to use it on the Galaxy Note 10+ (or Note 10+ 5G). Also let us know if it works for you on the Galaxy A80 or Galaxy S10 5G.

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Galaxy Note 10+ 3D scanner app now available on the Galaxy Store

How To Use 3D Scanner App In Samsung Galaxy Note 10Plus

Samsung has introduced a new application called the 3D Scanner app that uses a ToF camera sensor and captures 3D models of objects. Though, it is not that easy to record perfect 3D models from the real-world object, with this 3D scanner. At first, the object that you are using to create the 3D model should be perfect and placed somewhere in a solid place/background. After recording the 3D model, the app will transport it to the GIF format, so you can share your art with others.

In addition, while you shoot the model, the Note 10Plus’s camera should be in the range of 20-80cm of the object. We have also encountered that, it is better if there is nothing surrounding the object or you will end up scanning other objects.

Contents

1 How to Download & Use 3D Scanner App on Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
- 1.1 How to Use 3D Scanner App on your Samsung Galaxy Note 10Plus
- 1.2 How to Use the Recorded 3D GIF with Video or Picture in Galaxy Note 10Plus?

Before you go,

Find the real-world Object Model, that has a solid background to get an accurate 3D Model.

Open the Galaxy Store app on your Note 10Plus.
Search 3D Scanner app in the search bar.
Download and install the app.

How to Use 3D Scanner App on your Samsung Galaxy Note 10Plus

If you are using this app for the first time, then the app will ask for few permissions, like to Take Pictures and Record Videos, Access Photos, media, and other files, and to record audio. Allow them.
Bring the object that you would like to scan with a 3D Scanner app.

Note: Keep a distance of 20-80cm between the phone and the object that you want to scan.

Next, if you don’t see any options to scan, then close the app for once and re-launch it.
Tap on + symbol to record objects in 3D.
The camera will only focus on the object on which you want to run a 3D scan, avoiding all the other areas once you tap start recording it.
Place the object model steady somewhere and move the phone 360-degree around the object to capture the model in 3D Scanner app. Don’t go too fast otherwise, you will end up with the worst results.
Once you are done, stop recording.
The app will take some time to make a model and when it’s done, it will show All done!
On the next screen, you can examine the 3D model, by moving it with fingertips.
Everything’s perfect? Save it.
The 3D image will be saved in GIF format.

How to Use the Recorded 3D GIF with Video or Picture in Galaxy Note 10Plus?

After saving the 3D picture of the object, on the same screen, four different options will appear.
Tap on Camera option.
Select Video or Picture.
From now, the 3D model will follow your movements until you stop recording video/image.

Note: The app says “Get your whole body in the frame, then get moving. Your model will follow along”.

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The traditional method of protecting a smartphone from unauthorized access is a password. But in recent years, almost all smartphone manufacturers have begun to equip their devices with biometric scanners. Most of these devices scan a fingerprint pattern, but there are more unusual systems, for example, the iris scanner in Samsung smartphones, the infrared volumetric face scanner in Apple smartphones, or the palm vein scanner in LG smartphones. Since the fingerprint, iris and other parts of the body have dozens and hundreds of parameters that are individual for each person, manufacturers call such protection methods reliable. However, cybersecurity researchers are quick to find ways around these methods after new smartphones are announced. nine0003

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To unlock the smartphone, it turned out to be enough just to put the plate against the scanning area and press it with your finger. The author said that he had to print three versions of the plate, because he was not immediately able to choose the desired depth of grooves on the print. It is worth noting that this is not the first Galaxy S10 biometric security method that has been bypassed in a simple way. For example, earlier the face recognition system based on the image from the camera was deceived by showing it a photo or video with the owner’s face opened on another smartphone. nine0003

In addition, researchers have previously been able to fool biometric scanners on other mobile devices. For example, the Galaxy S8's iris scanner was fooled by a photo and a contact lens, the iPhone's FaceID face scanner was bypassed with a 3D printed face model, and the Windows Hello infrared scanner was unable to distinguish a real face from a simple A4 printout.

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