Ipad pro lidar scanner 3d model

3D Scanner App - LIDAR Scanner for iPad & iPhone Pro

iPad Pro & iPhone 12 Pro LIDAR Scanning Now Available

Scan, edit, measure, and share 3d models from your device

FREE DOWNLOAD

Use your mobile device to turn any object or space into a 3D model that you can easily save & share.

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Powerful 3D Capture

3D Scanner Pro is a simple and robust tool for creating 3D model of objects and spaces in minutes.

• Capture On Device

Aim the camera toward an object to to create 3D Object

• Optimize Models

Use powerful on-device 3D editor to clean up your captured model

• Share Models Easily

Now with iOS 12’s Quicklook feature you can now share 3D models over iMessage, Email and the web in pixar’s USDZ format

Tons of useful applications

From interior design to online products, create models for a number of applications & industries. Some examples:

Marketplace

Create a 3D Product Showcase. Are you an Etsy or eBay Seller? Improve ROI with realistic models.

Real Estate

Indoor and outdoor capture & Virtual walkthroughs for property listings.

Architecture

Create to-scale models of indoor & outdoor spaces. Interior redesign & measurement.

Avatars

Create realistic avatars for gaming, VR, and AR.

Culinary

Make stunning food menus for catering, event planning, or delivery.

Advertising

Use with Snapchat lenses & Facebook filters to create marketing campaigns.

A tool for the future of retail?

3D Content is becoming more ubiquitous, especially with unique one of kind products. With 3D Scanner Pro, you can easily create 3D models of objects the your potential customers can then see exactly what its going to look like where they want to put it.

Sharing Made Easy!

One of the most interesting features of iOS 12 is Augmented Reality QuickLook. Now you can send 3D objects in iMessage and the your friend or family member can immediately place it in AR without the need for an additional app.

Gallery

Here are a few models created in 3D Scanner Pro in just minutes. Browse on Safari on iOS 12 to view in QuickLook. Click on image to preview model in AR

Vase

Antique Vase

Bread

Sourdough Loaf

Fancy Chair

Classic Chair

Silver Bird

Small Antique Bird

Avocado Toast

Avocado on Cutting Board

Armchair

Classic Cloth Armchair

3D Scanner Options & Pricing

We offer our 3D Scanning Technology in a number of ways to best suite your use-case and organizational needs:

Basic

The Free version of the app available to download now.

Professional / Whitelabel

A Custom Branded version of the Scanning app with optional cloud services. For details & pricing contact Laan Labs.

Enterprise

A complete custom end-to-end solution integrated to an enterprise workflow and existing software. For details & pricing contact Laan Labs.

[iPad Pro] Easily create 3D models with the 3D Scanner App (LiDAR Scanner)

This article introduces the free 3D Scanner App developed by Laan Labs.

The 3D Scanner App allows you to create photogrammetry-like 3D models that look like photographs.

One of the great features of this app is the “dramatic short time”.

Normally, a model is generated by repeating the time-consuming process of taking a photo in photogrammetry, processing it in the software, creating textures, and so on.

However, with the 3D Scanner App, a model can be generated in 1 to 5 minutes, or no more than 10 minutes.

By using this app, you can efficiently generate a 3D model. This section explains the app’s creation method, functions, advantages, and disadvantages.

1 Sample
2 About the fourth-generation iPad Pro / LiDAR
3 Compare with Photogrammetry
- 3.1 Difference between Photogrammetry and Photogrammetry
- 3.2 Benefits of the 3D Scanner App
- 3.3 Disadvantages of the 3D Scanner App
4 Generating a 3D Model
- 4.1 Downloading the app
- 4.2 Launch Screen
- 4.3 Points to note when scanning
- 4.4 Scanning
- 4.5 Modify
- 4.6 Exporting
5 Upload to STYLY
6 Introduction to NEWVIEW SCHOOl ONLINE

Sample

Here is a sample scene with the 3D model we created. Experience it for yourself.

About the fourth-generation iPad Pro / LiDAR

The 3D Scanner app used in this application is only compatible with the iPad Pro 12.9 / 11 released in 2020.

Please note that it does not support other models and previous generations of the iPad Pro.

LiDAR, the latest light sensor technology, is included in the fourth-generation iPad Pro and plays an important role in the 3D Scanner App.

“Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) measures the time it takes for light to reach an object and reflect back to determine the distance. It is an advanced technology that NASA will use on the next Mars landing mission. We’ve put LiDAR inside a thin and light iPad Pro.

The specially designed LiDAR scanner uses a method called direct time of flight to measure light reflected from up to five meters away, both indoors and outdoors. It works at the photon level and operates at nanosecond speeds, greatly expanding the possibilities of augmented reality and beyond.”

Description of the iPad Pro on the Apple website: https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/

It is now possible to determine the spatial distance of objects captured by LiDAR and scan a real space on the iPad to create more advanced AR expressions and transform the scan into a 3D model.

The 3D Scanner App can mesh real-world objects scanned by LiDAR, generate textures, and create 3D models at high speed.

In this article, we will only introduce the 3D Scanner App. However, apps developed by LiDAR are also available in the App Store. Give them a try!

Compare with Photogrammetry

At first glance, the 3D model created by the 3D Scanner App used in this article looks like it was created by photogrammetry.

Strictly speaking, however, when we call the model generated by the 3D Scanner App “photogrammetry”, this word has a slightly different meaning.

I will briefly explain that point as well.

Difference between Photogrammetry and Photogrammetry

Photogrammetry, which is translated as “photogrammetry” in Japanese, is a technology that uses computers to analyze photographs taken of an object from various directions to build a 3D model.

In contrast, the 3D Scanner App is a technology for building a 3D model using scans.

The main difference between the two is that photogrammetry generates a 3D model from a photo and the 3D Scanner App generates a 3D model from scans.

Let’s explore this difference further.

Benefits of the 3D Scanner App

One of the major advantages of the 3D Scanner App is the speed and simplicity of generating a 3D model.

Photogrammetry requires taking photos of a single model or space from different angles and processing them with specialized software.

Photogrammetry involves the following steps:

Take a picture → Import image data to a PC → Generate point cloud data on the software → Generate mesh → Generate texture → Complete → Export

And in the process there are many

The 3D Scanner App

Scan → Generate mesh → Generate texture → Finish → Export

The processing time for each step is dramatically reduced, and the speed of 3D model generation is unparalleled.

This allows the 3D Scanner App to reduce the generation time when compared to photogrammetry.

In addition, the 3D Scanner App can export 3D models as GLB data, which can be exported to a PC and then uploaded directly to STYLY.

Depending on the size of the model’s data, a lightweight model can go from scanning to viewing in VR within about five minutes.

Disadvantages of the 3D Scanner App

The 3D Scanner App is not a universal scanner app.

There are certain objects that the 3D Scanner App does not handle well. While it can scan flat areas in space such as floors and walls clearly, it has difficulty scanning “small objects and objects with complex shapes”, for example.

Texture resolution and the accuracy of the 3D models themselves are also inevitably inferior to photogrammetry.

If you are looking for an accurate model, photogrammetry is the way to go.

Generating a 3D Model

This article explains the process of actually downloading the app on the iPad Pro, from generating a 3D model to uploading it to STYLY.

Downloading the app

Download the app.

Look up “3D Scanner App” in the App Store search bar.

Select “Get” and follow the procedure to download the app.

Launch Screen

After selecting the app and launching it, you will be taken to a screen that looks like a video recording screen.

Press the red “Record” button to start scanning.

Points to note when scanning

Walk around with an iPad to scan. Make sure the space is large enough and does not disturb other people.

The space where you scan must have good lighting to generate a clean 3D model.

Choose a well-lit area.

Scanning

Let’s actually scan it.

Go to the place you want to scan, and press the red button to start scanning.

In this case, I chose a park in my neighborhood.

Press the scan “Start” button, and walk around the place you want to scan while holding your iPad.

As you can see, the area that is generating the mesh appears as a purple wireframe.

The area where the wireframe is not displayed is not scanned well. Create a mesh by moving close to it.

There is no set area to scan. But it will take time to generate the mesh texture if the area is too large, so try to adjust the size of the scan.

When the scan of the area you want to generate is complete, press the red “Record” button to finish.

The screen will transition, and the mesh will appear.

The mesh itself has been generated. Next, let’s generate the texture.

Select “Colorize” to generate the texture.

If the data is a bit large, the following warning is displayed: “This is a reminder that it will take __ minutes to generate the texture”. It takes three minutes to generate a texture for the following image.

Let’s select “Yes” here.

When you select “Yes”, the texture generation begins. Let’s wait a bit.

After three minutes of waiting, we have a textured 3D model.

The details are not exactly generated, but we were able to generate a rough outline.

If you want to scan again, you can delete the generated 3D model by pressing the “Delete” button in the lower left corner. You will see the “Record” button and can scan again from there.

Modify

The generated model can be easily modified in the app. Let’s press the Edit button in the menu.

The edit screen appears.

With “Transform”, you can adjust the position, rotation, and scale of the 3D model.

With “Action”, you can crop the model using a shape such as a plane or a plain.

Select “Align to Ground” to return the moved 3D model to the specified position.

Edit it as you wish.

Exporting

Let’s export the generated model to a PC.

Select “Share” in the menu bar.

You will see a menu of file formats.

You can choose any file format. But in this case, we will choose GLB to upload directly to STYLY.

If you want to use the model in Unity, for example, choose OBJ. The texture file and the model data will be exported.

After selecting the file format, choose how you want to export it.

If you want to export to a PC, select “Email”.

Enter your email address and send your data.

After a short time, the data will be sent to your email. Check the email form on your computer and download the data.

Save the data to any location.

Your export is now complete.

Upload to STYLY

Upload the exported model to STYLY, and view it in VR and AR.

If you haven’t created an account yet, please refer to the following

Create a STYLY account

How to create an account

How to Create Your New STYLY Account

Create a new scene in STYLY’s STUDIO and upload your model in GLB.

Once the upload is complete, place it in the scene.

When the model is uploaded, it will be dark due to the lighting.

Let’s adjust the lighting to make it look nicer.

Now you’re done!

Let’s design a nice space. Here’s a scene I created using the 3D model I generated this time.

Introduction to NEWVIEW SCHOOl ONLINE

NEWVIEW SCHOOl ONLINE, where you can learn the basics of Unity and PlayMaker to create VR/AR content—from the fundamentals to the application—is now open. It also covers the process of producing the fascinating content available on STYLY (and the techniques used to create it),.

Learn about xR as “design for experience”; the online learning program “NEWVIEW SCHOOL ONLINE” is now available.

‎App Store: LiDAR Scanner 3D

Description

Have a new iPhone 13 Pro, 12 Pro or 2020 iPad Pro with LiDAR sensor? Get this app and try to 3D-scan your house with it! With LiDAR Scanner 3D, making 3D models and exporting them into several formats (USDZ, OBJ, STL, PLY, DXF and LAS) is seamlessly easy.

Note that the scans do not contain colors.

This app needs the LiDAR sensor to create 3D scans.

However, you can create 3D scans also using iPhones and iPads with FaceID (TrueDepth camera) - for that, just download the Heges app (https://hege.sh).

For support, contact me at [email protected]

Jun 2 2022

Version 1.3.1

Improved model viewer.

Ratings and reviews

ratings: 37

Good

The application is certainly good. But for some reason, the lidar scanner does not want to work on my 12 mini. For this -3 points immediately.

Hello, the iPhone 12 mini does not have the LiDAR sensor. That is why this app does not work on your iPhone.

Best regards,
Marek

You can't see what will be saved

Usually in such programs after saving textures are rendering. But here... you firstly should pay and only than understand: you will not see textures. Just white contour...

Hello Sash_aaa,
on the contrary, you can see exactly what will be saved — textures are not (yet) included. Please contact me at [email protected] if you would have any questions and I will be happy to help!

Best regards,
Marek

No benefit

Spontaneous application that asks to pay for every sneeze. I decided to scan one room, it took 5 minutes, and when saving, the application crashed. I'm deleting it, there are already many other analogues in the appstore and better.

Developer Marek Simonik has indicated that, in accordance with the app's privacy policy, data may be processed as described below. Detailed information is available in the developer's privacy policy.

No data collection

The developer does not collect data in this application.

Sensitive data may be used differently depending on your age, features involved, or other factors. Read more

Information

Provider: Marek Simonik
Size: 8.2 MB
Category: Photo and video
Age: 4+
Price: Free

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iPhone LiDAR 3D Scan | arvr.

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As you probably know, the latest generation of iPhone (12 Pro and 12 Pro Max) is equipped with a lidar camera. 3D photography for me is a natural evolution of photography and I have been waiting for this day for almost 10 years.

Several 3D shooting applications have recently been released that take full advantage of this new capability. I have tested almost all of them available, and for the last 3 months I have been actively involved in 3D scanning. I am often asked what apps I recommend and how to get beautiful shots. Here is information about the apps that I love about each, as well as some general tips for using LiDAR on iPhone.

So here are my 6 scanning apps, all of which support exporting directly to Sketchfab:

Scaniverse

Scaniverse generally works well, is fast and easy to use, creates great textures, and does a good job of eliminating voids. Make sure you are working with your shots in ultra mode. This tool is very good for scanning things like cars. This frozen Mini is one of my best lidar shots. All my scanner shots are here, and the application is here.

Polycam

Polycam is fast and handles textures well. You can process the image in HD mode and get instant scan results. Very good for scanning things like rooms or murals and street art. You can see my Polycam shots here, and the app itself is here.

3D scanner app

The 3D scanner app offers a host of options that give you total control. For example, you can easily separate or trim excess space in an application. You can cut even with the help of a sphere. I think the app is especially good for small things like this dollar bill. Make sure you are using HD mode. Here you can see all my 3D scanner app images, and the application can be downloaded here.

Record3D

Record3D allows you to shoot 3D video, also known as 4D content, i.e. 3D scanning per frame of video. Here are my daughter's first steps. Keep in mind that this format ends up with very heavy files, so you only need to shoot for a few seconds to be able to upload the video to Sketchfab. Here you can find all my recordings in Record3D format, and the application is here.

SiteScape

SiteScape is great for quickly creating accurate point clouds. You can adjust the density and size of dots. I like to use it for complex and intricate scenes or structures. Also can be great for cars. This is where all my SiteScape snapshots are located. The application can be found here.

Everypoint

Everypoint is great for large point clouds like this subway mosaic. The developers are teasing us about the upcoming app update combining lidar and photogrammetry, looking forward to trying it out. You can find all my Everypoint shots here, and the app is here.

General Tips

Here are some general tips for lidar scanning on iPhone:

Remember that you can scan. People often get frustrated when scanning on the iPhone, usually scanning things that don't stand a good chance on their own. The most important thing to remember is that the scanner does not work with small things and objects. For example, a regular boot is often too small. Also, iPhone lidar does not work well with shiny/reflective elements
Avoid rescanning an area already covered, this will most likely create alignment issues and artifacts in your image
Scanning around something small/thin - like a statue, chair, or wall - generally doesn't work well
Make sure that every part of the scanned area is well scanned to avoid gaps and voids. To do this, I usually use something like a spray gesture, a bit like if I were painting with spray paint
Walk slowly and carefully. Don't flinch
A beautiful and neat 3D image has a significant impact on the overall perception. 3Dscannerapp, Polycam and Scaniverse offer cropping directly in the
Sketchfab offers many options to help turn a bad scan into a normal one. I like to add shadows (2nd editor tab) and then post-process effects like sharpening, depth of field, saturation
Adding 3D annotations to Sketchfab is a great way to turn a scan into a mini story

Sell 3D photos

Sketchfab shop allows you to monetize your 3D creations. It seems to me that most of my iPhone lidar shots are still a little behind in quality in order to put them in the store. That being said, I put 2 of them up for sale (mini and doctor's office) because users actually asked me how they could buy them. The bottom line is that you never know how someone might use your scans, and it's often more about setting an appropriate price based on the quality and limitations of the content. Don't forget that the quality (and my skills) continues to improve, so I expect to be able to offer more 3D images for sale in the future. Remember that if you scan something with intellectual property (like Mini), you can only post it under a publishing license.

This article brings together the best LiDAR apps for iPhone and iPad to help you unlock the full potential of this technology.

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Here is a post about my go-to apps, what I like about each of them, and some general tips for iPhone lidar scanning.