As long as the equipment is cheap, the speed isn't that big of a deal. Imagine a thousand $10k machines set up on a studio lot that is constantly scanning items

As long as the equipment is cheap, the speed isn't that big of a deal. Imagine a thousand $10k machines set up on a studio lot that is constantly scanning items - it would be a boon for the gaming and film industries where production takes months or years and they have several steps of increasing graphics and art work complexity. I bet you could also set up cameras and use the refractive index of the liquid to calculate textures while its scanning.