笔者评:CES是每年电子产品的盛会,会上3D Systems展示其500$左右的扫描仪iSense,直接插在Ipad上即可对您周围的环境空间信息以点云形式获取,进而进行建模或者虚拟现实类游戏等。该产品其实很类似PCL中国关注的一个Startup项目(Structure Sensor: Capture the World in 3D),极有可能就是3D System拿到他们的授权而已。不过低成本3D扫描仪肯定是作为3D打印巨头的3D System必须要占领的领地之一,在类似产品百家声明之时,iSense定价稍微贵了点,喜欢玩的geeks肯定自己用kinect或xtion自己山寨个iSense了。不过对于广大消费者,就看iSense对应的Ipad应用有多少了,目前说市场还有点早。PCL中国将持续关注与广大点云相关技术朋友分享,同时敬请期待近期CES2014点云相关产品系列续。
As excited as we were to play around with the Sense 3D scanner, the first-generation consumer scanner had some shortcomings. Near the top of the list was the fact that it only worked with Windows. While the operating system has a plenty large install base, any semblance of portability with the thing required the user to own a Windows tablet -- which, for obvious reasons, severely limited the device's potential install base. Among a torrent of announcements at CES this year, 3D Systems has just unveiled a solution, right on our CES stage. It's called the iSense. We'll give you three guesses as to which mobile operating system it works with.
The iSense snaps directly onto an iPad, giving you the same sort of easy scanning functionality you get with its slightly older siblings. Want to see more? Us too. Tune into our interview with the company's CEO happening right now. The iSense is set for a Q2 launch, priced at $499 -- that's a $100 premium over the Sense.