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Structure Sensor 3D Scanner Review & Tutorial

If you’ve read my previous 3D Scanner Review of the 3D Systems Sense you know that I was impressed by the ease-of-use and geometric details for a device priced below €450. But the quality of the color information — or textures — the Sense captures are completely underwhelming. This has been fixed with the Sense 2 I reviewed later)

In this Review I’m testing the Structure Sensor made by a Occipital. This device was also available as the 3D Systems iSense but that rebranded version has been discontinued*.

I got my Structure Sensor from the Dutch 3D Printing and 3D Scanning Store MakerPoint.

Pricing

If you live in the US, a Structure Sensor will cost $379 with an iPad Air 2 bracket on Amazon. You can also buy them directly from Occipital for that price and have a choice of various iPad brackets and accessories such as a wide angle lens and a pro charger cable that can charge the Structure Sensor and iPad at the same time!

If you live in the EU and don’t want the hassle of international shipping and added customs costs and taxes you can best get the Structure Sensor with fitting bracket from Makerpoint for €499.

It’s compatible with all iPads newer than the 4th Gen iPad and iPad mini 2 (previously known as “iPad Mini with Retina Display”) — including recently added support for the iPad Pro 9.7″ & 12.9″.

I’ve tested it with the least powerful compatible device, the iPad mini 2, which has a 5 megapixel camera with an aperture of f/2.4. Since this camera is used to capture color details, it’s safe to say that using a newer iPad will result in better texture quality. This iPad Pro 9.7″, for example, has a 12 megapixel camera with a faster f/2.2 lens. That being said, I think that testing with an iPad mini 2 is a great benchmark and this iPad is still being sold for €265, bringing the total minimal costs of the Sensor + Bracket + iPad to €765 — which is still a lot less than many other 3D Scanners. (All prices I mention are in Euros and include 21% Dutch VAT).

I’ve tested the Structure Sensor with 3 different applications, which I’ll cover in 3 different parts of this Review:

  1. Occipital’s own iPad apps
  2. The third-party itSeez3D iPad app I reviewed and
  3. Occipital’s Skanect software for Mac and Windows (Review finally coming Q1 2017)

 

 

Setting up the Hardware

 

Attaching the Bracket

Firstly, you need to attach the Structure Sensor to the bracket—both are available with silver or blue aluminum—for your device. The sensor includes 4 screws and a screwdriver. The bracket can be an official one but you can also order 3D Printed versions through Shapeways or download one from Thingiverse and 3D Print it yourself. The Structure Sensor is a very “open” and customizable system this way. Occipital has even placed CAD drawings on its developer website so you can design your own bracket. Developers that want to experiment with the sensor beyond using it with an iPad, can also buy a €50 USB Hacker Cable to attach the sensor directly to any chosen device.

Structure Sensor (silver) mounted onto the iPad mini bracket with aluminum latch (also silver).

 

Nice detail: With the Structure Sensor attached, the iPad mini sits at a perfect working angle and rests on the aluminum edge, protecting the glass.

 

3D Printing a Lens Cap

The brackets are designed to be easily removed from the iPad. This is nice, because like me you’ll probably have a case or sleeve of some kind to protect your iPad during transport. Unfortunately, the Structure Sensor doesn’t come with any kind of carrying pouch. And while the bracket with the sensor attached is sturdy enough to transport in one of the side pockets of my laptop bag, I don’t want any scratches on the glass. A lens cap isn’t included so I downloaded this Structure Sensor Lens Cap from Thingiverse and 3D printed one myself. If you don’t have a 3D Printer yourself, you’ll probably live near a Hub that can help you out.

 

I 3D Printed the lens cap with strong InnoPET Filament (Check out my Revised Filament Guide for more info about this and other 3D Printing Materials)

 

 

Calibrating the Sensor

Before using the Structure Sensor for the first time, it has to be calibrated. This is mainly because the iPad’s native rear-facing RGB camera is used to capture the color information and the location of the camera varies on different iPad models. Because of this the offset between the iPad camera and infrared camera on the Structure Sensor has to be compensated.

There’s a dedicated Calibrator app that makes the process very easy: just go outside on a bright day and point the sensor towards something with a lot of detail. The app will track some details automatically to do the biggest part of the calibration and let’s you fine tune it afterwards if necessary.

 

The calibration app works perfectly and also gives a good idea of what the infrared camera (left) actually sees outside in bright daylight—more about that later.

 

 

3D Scanning with the Occipital Scanner App

 

The native Scanner app is pretty straight forward. Simply point it at the person or object you want to capture and use a two-finger gesture to scale the indicator box so it matches the size of the subject, which will also be highlighted.

There are only two options:

  1. Scan using the “Old Tracker” that only uses shape information or use the “New Tracker” that also uses color information to keep track of the object you’re scanning. I see no reason to use the old tracker, because scanning without color information make it hard or impossible to scan uniform objects without many geometric details.
  2. “Low Resolution” or “High Resolution” Color. From my tests, the difference between the two is that the former outputs a 2K (2048 x 2049 pixels — or 4.2 megapixels) texture map and the latter a 4K (4096 x 4096 pixels — 16.8 megapixels) version.

The high resolution version does take a bit longer to render, or calculate. This is done on the iPad itself and my iPad mini 2 is one of the slowest compatible iPads. The exact time depends on the size and complexity of the subject. During this time you can’t make a new scan.

 

Scanning with a turntable

You can make 3D scans either by freely moving around an object or by using a turntable. Below is a video of the scanning process with the help of a €6 IKEA SNUDDA Turntable and a €4 tablet stand from Xenos. It’s played back at 4 times the original speed (hence the high-pitched 3D printer sound in the background).

 

 

As you can see I put Teddy on top of a book (the marvelous The Art of The Last of Us, to be precise). This makes it easier for the RGB tracker to correctly track the object while rotating. The app particularly had a hard time tracking the side view of the bear without the book. Apart from the natural light from the windows in the studio, I only used a 55 Watts light with a small softbox (visible on the right in the video).

When the rendering is done, you can preview the scan and export it though email as a .OBJ 3D model with separate texture map in .JPG format. Unfortunately there’s no way to save your scans on the iPad, so you need to have an internet connection to email the scan before making a new one.  The .OBJ gets emailed as a .ZIP containing the model and texture files. The .ZIP can be uploaded directly to Sketchfab:

 

 

I was surprised by the scan quality. Especially taken into account that it took no time to “render” the geometry and only a minute to render the textures on a relatively slow iPad mini. The color quality sits somewhere between the blurry textures of the 3D Systems Cubify Sense (click for reference scan of the same model) and the sharper result of Photogrammetry with the free Autodesk 123D Catch app. I would say a scan like this is usable for many non-industrial purposes and you’d probably get better textures from a higher-end iPad. By scanning like this from a fixed angle I wan’t able to capture under Teddy’s arms.

 

Free Scanning

For the next example I chose a bigger and less fluffy object: a small oil drum which has been modified into a basket (in Bali through Fair Trade store Jansje). I placed it on yet another of my daughter’s cheerful—and perfectly trackable—placemats on our dining table and walked around it freely, stopping every once in a while when asked to by the app. At those stops it takes a photo for the textures. I was surprised how smooth this experience is and how well the software tracked the object—it never lost it! And this is with the last bit of afternoon daylight and two dimmed ceiling lamps, so far from perfect lighting conditions.

 

The (new) tracker didn’t even mind that my (even newer) cat walked through the session! Of course I was glad no texture snapshot was taken at that moment.

 

Below is the result of the scanning session above. As you can see it didn’t completely capture the handle on the lid but the handles on the sides are fine. The texture okay, but not as sharp as I’d hoped. The stitching of the textures quite good, though.

 

 

 

 

Scanning People

Since I asked my business partner Patrick to model for the Cubify Sense 3D Scanner Review, I asked him to wear the very same shirt to the office for a perfect comparison. As you can see he was very happy.

 

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As you can see below, the result is a lot better than that of the Sense. The resolution is a bit low—both in terms of geometry and texture—but it required no rendering after scanning for the mesh and only a minute for the texture information. To me it kind of looks like a video game character. It also makes Patrick look 10 years younger…

 

 

Update June 27th 2016

Occipital just released a new version of their Scanner app which uses their wel 0.6 SDK. The update promises higher quality meshes—a 60% resolution improvement on each of the 3 axis, actually—partially due to their acquisition of Lynx Laboratories.

Naturally, I wanted to test if this is true!

As you might have seen on my Instagram, my first test was this 40 cm tall owl statue 3D printed with the Big Builder I reviewed a while ago:

 

 

At this size, the polycount was 50.000 vs. 44.000 with the old app based on the 0.5.5. SDK. A 15% improvement, but not really visible. So I scanned my loyal test subject and business partner Patrick:

 

 

At this size the upgrade in resolution is very apparent: 24,169 vs. 56,427 faces with the new app—230% more polygons! Even without the numbers, there’s clearly more detail in Patrick’s face (he likes the old mapper better) and T-shirt.

It’s impressive that this kind of improvement can be achieved with just a software update. And remember it’s all rendered locally on an iPad—in realtime—no cloud processing. And according to the Developer Program Manager of Occipital, this is just the beginning:

 

 

Excellent to hear and thanks for the kind words. @mrm_design @structure @NickLievendag Next rev of the SDK will be even better.

— Mark Piszczor (@mpiszczo) June 27, 2016

 

It’s worth mentioning that since this update to SDK 0.6 there’s no longer support for the 3D Systems iSense I mentioned in the into. So the new Scanner app only works with an actual Structure Sensor bought from Occipital or one of its resellers.

 

 

Scanning Outdoors

The Structured Light technology that the Structure Sensor uses to capture depth is great for 3D scanning indoors. Trying to capture objects outside the comfort of my studio I quickly ran into the limitations. As you can see in the calibration image in the beginning of this post, the infrared camera has a hard time capturing details in bright sunlight, let alone see the projected laser pattern.

So I did some experiments on a cloudy day—of which there are enough in The Netherlands. Below is a typically Dutch litter bin.

 

Note that the icon on the litter bin isn’t covered by the grey preview…

 

Again I was surprised by the smooth tracking: even without a flat floor surface the litter bin was tracked smoothly. It was a bit hard to capture the back without falling into the canal, but I managed quite well because it apparently doesn’t matter if the object goes out of frame for a moment, because its surroundings are tracked as well.

Below is the result of the scan. It’s far from perfect, but I find it especially interesting that there’s a hole where the icon is printed. Apparently the dark green of the bin absorbs enough sunlight for the infrared sensor to detect the laser pattern, but the white icon is simply too bright. There are also a lot of particles flying around which I’m pretty sure weren’t present in reality.

 

 

Below is another outdoors scan of a Dutch mail box when there was a bit more sunlight. The shadow side of the object and the wall are captured decently, but the side that’s facing the sun was totally invisible to the Structure Sensor. The result is rather interesting, but not usable of course.

 

 

 

3D Scanning interiors with the Room Scanner App

The last app I’ll cover in this part of the review is Occipitals Room Scanner App. It’s completely foolproof: use the slider to visually indicate the size of the room you’re about to scan, hit scan and move around until every surface is covered by green polygons. Unfortunately, the app forces you to stay more or less in one place, so you can’t walk around a room freely to scan around corners.

 

It’s kind of like entering the Matrix…

 

Its usefulness greatly depends on the purpose. As you can see below, the output quality is too low—both in terms of geometry and texture—to use for any purpose that needs to be esthetically pleasing (you can look around in the interactive Sketchfab embed below by changing the navigation from Orbit to First Person with the icons in the bottom-right corner)

 

 

 

However, I can think of a few purposes for which the Room Scanner app is useful. For instance, game level designers can use it as a dimensionally accurate reference to create an interior for a video game. It’s also very handy to take quick measurements, because making a scan only takes a minute and the app has a built in measuring feature.

 

Measuring this way is a lot faster than with a tape measure—and way cooler.

 

 

Wrapping up Part 1

It’s good to realize that Occipital’s Scanner apps are samples to demonstrate new features that are announced every few months. For example, in March 2015 SDK 0.4 was introduced, which offered the New Tracker I wrote about earlier, as well as the ability to output UV-textured meshes. Earlier versions apparently used per-vertex coloring that delivered the same low-quality color information that disappointed my in my 3D Systems Sense Review.

So… the Structure Sensor has an SDK that allows third party developers create their own apps for all kinds of purposes. For example, it can be used to create Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality experiences. However, for this Review I’m merely using it as a iPad-based 3D Scanner and for that purpose there’s only one third party app—itSeez3D—which uses cloud processing for more detailed scans.

 

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Occipital Structure Sensor Review | PCMag

Occipital bills its Structure Sensor ($379) as the first 3D sensor for mobile devices. This small gadget, which clips onto an iPad, provides depth data for true 3D imaging. It can act as a 3D scanner, and there are currently a few apps for the Structure Sensor that let you use the device for scanning and mapping, as well as virtual reality gaming. It's intended largely as a platform and playground for software developers; down the line, when more apps are available, it could have considerable consumer appeal.

Anatomy of a 3D Sensor
The Structure Sensor is an anodized aluminum device that measures 1 by 4. 5 by 1.1 inches (HWD). Our test unit was ice blue; it's also available in silver. It is fastened with four screws to a bracket that fits on the iPad. (I tested the Structure Sensor with an iPad Air ($389.99 at eBay)(Opens in a new window) ; it is also compatible with the 4th generation iPad and the iPad mini with Retina Display. The bracket for each model is different, and you choose the appropriate bracket at the time of purchase.) The bracket has a clasp to lock it in place, and a hole through which your iPad's camera can see and collect data.

The device uses a process known as structured light, in which an infrared laser projector casts a specific pixel pattern on the scene in front of it. The Structure Sensor's infrared sensor then records distortions in this dot pattern at VGA resolution as you move your iPad around the object you're scanning, creating a depth (3D) map of the scene and the objects in it. (The Structure Sensor's infrared detector was developed by PrimeSense, now owned by Apple, which designed the 3D sensor for Microsoft's Kinect. ) The device also uses the iPad's camera, to record color data.

There's a Lightning cable included that's just long enough to plug into the iPad's Lightning port. The Structure Sensor has its own internal battery, and comes with a power adapter for charging.

The $499 version of the Structure Sensor comes with a USB "hacker cable," which lets you use the device with a laptop or desktop computer or other USB device (though you lose the benefit of the iPad's camera). It also bundles in the Skanect 3D scanning program for Windows or Mac that can receive data from your iPad, either wirelessly or over the hacker cable.

Occipital's Apps
Occipital offers several free Structure Sensor-related apps for download from the iTunes Store; most are designed to show off the device's ability to developers, for which the company provides an SDK. Although the company has focused on the device's use with the iPad, it can also be used with Android devices, and Occipital is offering open-source drivers, open CAD specs, and the hacker cable for use on other platforms.

The device's main app is called Structure. It offers three data streams to view: IR, which provides solely infrared data; Depth, which shows you a false-color view, with the nearest objects displayed as red, distant objects as blue, and objects of intermediate distance shown in varying shades of orange, yellow, and green based on their distance from the sensor, and tells you the distance (in centimeters) to whatever object is at the center of your screen; and Depth + Color, which combines true color with false color based on depth. In addition, it gives you information on firmware, serial number, and how much charge is left in the Structure Sensor's battery.

With the Structure app, seeing your surroundings on your tablet's screen as imaged through the virtual eyes of the Structure sensor plus iPad is a fascinating and surreal experience. It helps you appreciate the 3D-sensing capabilities of the Structure Sensor.

Virtual Physics
The other apps I downloaded deal with virtual reality (VR) and physics. The Fetch app involves a skateboarding cat trying to reach a yellow ball; the app is designed to show off the platform's VR gaming potential. First, you scan a portion of your surroundings—including interesting foreground objects if possible—and your real world will become part of the game's virtual reality setting. For example, the cat can't move through solid, real-world objects in its pursuit of the ball.

A similar app, Ball Physics, lets you launch virtual balls into a representation of a real-world scene that you've already scanned. When they hit the virtual representation of a physical object (such as a colleague's Rocket Raccoon action figure), the balls bounce off it on a realistic trajectory.

The Scanner app lets you scan a scene in 3D, and then view it in X-ray (see-through) mode or in Mesh (as solid object) mode. You can email the 3D file from within the app.

Finally, the Viewer app lets you see your surroundings in three views simultaneously: a Camera (realistic) view; a Depth view, in which surfaces are color-coded according to their proximity to you; and a Surface normal view.

Viewed together, these apps demonstrate the types of data streams that the Structure Sensor offers, as well as the device's application to both 3D scanning and mapping, and VR gaming.

A Third-Party Scanning App for the Structure Sensor
The first third-party iPad app for the Structure Sensor in the iTunes Store, released in late July, is itSeez3D, a scanning app that can scan both objects and human headshots in 3D. In our testing, it did a credible job at 3D scanning, particularly in scanning people, and its files can be uploaded from the app to a 3D model site or emailed. To 3D print the file, you must then open it with your 3D printer's software. We did some 3D scans of people using the app and then printed them out on a MakerBot Replicator 2X($3,856.95 at Amazon)(Opens in a new window), with generally satisfactory results.

If you're looking for an iPad-mounted 3D scanner, you might also want to check out the 3D Systems iSense ($499), which pairs the Structure Sensor as hardware with 3D Systems' own scanning software (also used in the company's Sense 3D scanner), and can also use apps designed for the Structure Sensor. It's a particularly good choice if you own a 3D printer in 3D Systems' Cube line. You pay more money than if you were to buy the Structure Sensor separately, but iSense is designed to integrate with Cube printers such as the 3D Systems Cube 3D Printer($1,299.00 at Dynamism)(Opens in a new window), and you get the ability to directly upload 3D files to Cubify.com for printing through the cloud.

The Occipital Structure Sensor is a 3D sensor that integrated seamlessly with the iPad in our testing. It's geared to software developers, although there are several available apps that can be used for 3D scanning by artists or 3D printing hobbyists. Down the line, when a wider range of apps have been created for it, the device could become popular with gamers and a more general audience. Until then, it provides developers with the opportunity to create apps for a low-cost 3D sensor with great potential. I, for one, can't wait to see what they come up with.

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