{"id":40593,"date":"2012-12-10T15:32:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=40593"},"modified":"2020-08-26T23:52:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T06:52:42","slug":"free-app-turns-microsoft-kinect-into-3d-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/digital-manufacturing\/free-app-turns-microsoft-kinect-into-3d-scanner\/","title":{"rendered":"Free app turns Microsoft Kinect into 3D scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>3D scan using mass market hardware.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40596\" title=\"Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Scanning_with_SCENECT_Screenshot-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FARO, a company specializing in 3D scanning hardware and software, has released <a href=\"http:\/\/europe.faro.com\/scenect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SCENECT<\/a>, a free app that uses the sensor data from a Microsoft Kinect or other, similar device for 3D scanning. The app even incorporates the color data in addition to the geometry of the object to produce full-color 3D models.<\/p>\n<p>See some examples after the jump, and <a href=\"http:\/\/3d-app-center.faro.com\/index.php\/stand-alone-apps-faro-scenect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">download SCENECT<\/a> from their site.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jNrdgVFeQy0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Room_Screenshot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40595\" title=\"Room_Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Room_Screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Room_Screenshot.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Room_Screenshot-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Room_Screenshot-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Room_Screenshot-1024x646.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Car_Screenshot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40594\" title=\"Car_Screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Car_Screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Car_Screenshot.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Car_Screenshot-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Car_Screenshot-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Car_Screenshot-1024x639.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1153px) 100vw, 1153px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>3D scan using mass market hardware.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FARO, a company specializing in 3D scanning hardware and software, has released SCENECT, a free app that uses the sensor data from a Microsoft Kinect or other, similar device for 3D scanning. The app even incorporates the color data in addition to the geometry of the object to produce full-color 3D models.<\/p>\n<p>See some examples after the jump, and download SCENECT from their site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-manufacturing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free app turns Microsoft Kinect into 3D scanner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/digital-manufacturing\/free-app-turns-microsoft-kinect-into-3d-scanner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free app turns Microsoft Kinect into 3D scanner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"3D scan using mass market hardware. 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