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Trnio – Turn your iPhone into a 3D scanner

79 points by showwebgl 12y ago

Game_Ender 12y ago
You need better in app instructions. A user should not have to watch a video in order to figure out how to complete or save a scan.
jadeddrag 12y ago
Is there anything like this for android?
- pilotg2 12y ago
  No.
  - spacefight 12y ago
    Not public, at least. http://www.inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/mobile_3dscanner.html http://www.inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/mobile_3ds...
- dm2 12y ago
  The Naval Research Laboratory built an app that can 3D map a room on an Android phone: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429394/placeraider-the-military-smartphone-malware-designed-to-steal-your-life/ http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429394/placeraider-the-... Google is building a phone to make it very accurate: https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/#project https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/#project This might enable it if anyone wants to build the app: http://octomap.github.io/ http://octomap.github.io/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IndoorOSM_on_Android http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IndoorOSM_on_Android
  - zo1 12y ago
    Wow, very nice links, thanks. No idea why you're being down-voted.
nwh 12y ago
Hopefully doesn't do what 123catch does and upload everything you scan to their public database. Looks a lot like it does.
- stesch 12y ago
  It's free. In 2 years they can sell a big 3D dick collection.
  - bottled_poe 12y ago
    Presumably you mean a big collection.
- trnio 12y ago
  We have a private mode where scans are hidden.
adamconroy 12y ago
I wonder if it can create output suitable for 3d printers
- nnnnni 12y ago
  That's the only way that I feel like this program (and similar ones) would be useful at all... It needs to be able to output a file that can be imported into 3d modeling programs and 3d printer slicers.
- trnio 12y ago
  The app allows for free downloads of any 3D model. We've printed these models out with minimal work using Netfabb and Makerware. http://www.trnio.com/blog/2014/6/10/some-more-items-3d-printed http://www.trnio.com/blog/2014/6/10/some-more-items-3d-print...
stinos 12y ago
In only a couple steps and mere seconds, and you'll be able to get hi-resolution photo quality 3D scans. That is pretty vague, and it's listed under a picture also showing a DSLR. Does this mean you can use your DSLR with this app somehow or is it rather marketing (trying to make you believe a phone camera is in the same quality department as an SLR)?
tommi 12y ago
From testing this on iOS 8, I'd say you released the app too soon. Taking photos took very long, it crashed, I don't know what happens to the photos I take (where they will end up) and UI needs lots of polishing. The 3D tech side of it looked cool, though.
- nimish 12y ago
  iOS 8 is beta, they are totally fine about not supporting it there.
  - nnnnni 12y ago
    There's a massive problem where people install the iOS betas and then proceed to leave 1-star reviews all of the App Store because programs don't work as expected. There isn't really any way to combat it, either. I've seen quality programs lose at least one star on the store because of idiots who don't understand what beta means but "ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO" run prerelease software.
    - evan_ 12y ago
      Apple disabled reviews for iOS 8 Beta users.
      - nnnnni 12y ago
        Did they? If so, that's a huge improvement over the iOS 7 beta release. Although I suspect that it does nothing for those who add reviews through iTunes on the computer rather than through App Store on the device!
- king_magic 12y ago
  The first few iOS betas are notoriously rough. It's like this every new version of iOS - it takes a few betas for Apple to work out major issues. Through almost all of the iOS 7 betas, Spotify crashed every time I tried to use the volume up/down buttons on my headphones. I wouldn't blame these guys.
Dwolb 12y ago
I liked searching through other people's pictures in this app. They're really cool! Unfortunately for me right now, this app requires a lot of effort and I wouldn't use it unless someone REALLY needed a 3D image of something I was doing. Might work better in a B2B space where international teams could share prototypes, ideas, etc. faster and cheaper with this app. I'm thinking about my last gig in automotive where our Japan team would mock-up protoypes and take pictures. It would've been much more useful to see 3D images!
showwebgl 12y ago
Great app! One of the best 3D scanning options available for your iphone without needing any specific add-on.

79 points by showwebgl 12y ago

You need better in app instructions. A user should not have to watch a video in order to figure out how to complete or save a scan.

jadeddrag 12y ago

Is there anything like this for android?

pilotg2 12y ago
No.
- spacefight 12y ago
  Not public, at least. http://www.inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/mobile_3dscanner.html http://www.inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/mobile_3ds...
dm2 12y ago
The Naval Research Laboratory built an app that can 3D map a room on an Android phone: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429394/placeraider-the-military-smartphone-malware-designed-to-steal-your-life/ http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429394/placeraider-the-... Google is building a phone to make it very accurate: https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/#project https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/#project This might enable it if anyone wants to build the app: http://octomap.github.io/ http://octomap.github.io/ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IndoorOSM_on_Android http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IndoorOSM_on_Android
- zo1 12y ago
  Wow, very nice links, thanks. No idea why you're being down-voted.

nwh 12y ago

Hopefully doesn't do what 123catch does and upload everything you scan to their public database. Looks a lot like it does.

stesch 12y ago
It's free. In 2 years they can sell a big 3D dick collection.
- bottled_poe 12y ago
  Presumably you mean a big collection.
trnio 12y ago
We have a private mode where scans are hidden.

adamconroy 12y ago

I wonder if it can create output suitable for 3d printers

nnnnni 12y ago
That's the only way that I feel like this program (and similar ones) would be useful at all... It needs to be able to output a file that can be imported into 3d modeling programs and 3d printer slicers.
trnio 12y ago
The app allows for free downloads of any 3D model. We've printed these models out with minimal work using Netfabb and Makerware. http://www.trnio.com/blog/2014/6/10/some-more-items-3d-printed http://www.trnio.com/blog/2014/6/10/some-more-items-3d-print...

stinos 12y ago

In only a couple steps and mere seconds, and you'll be able to get hi-resolution photo quality 3D scans. That is pretty vague, and it's listed under a picture also showing a DSLR. Does this mean you can use your DSLR with this app somehow or is it rather marketing (trying to make you believe a phone camera is in the same quality department as an SLR)?

tommi 12y ago

From testing this on iOS 8, I'd say you released the app too soon. Taking photos took very long, it crashed, I don't know what happens to the photos I take (where they will end up) and UI needs lots of polishing. The 3D tech side of it looked cool, though.

nimish 12y ago
iOS 8 is beta, they are totally fine about not supporting it there.
- nnnnni 12y ago
  There's a massive problem where people install the iOS betas and then proceed to leave 1-star reviews all of the App Store because programs don't work as expected. There isn't really any way to combat it, either. I've seen quality programs lose at least one star on the store because of idiots who don't understand what beta means but "ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO" run prerelease software.
  - evan_ 12y ago
    Apple disabled reviews for iOS 8 Beta users.
    - nnnnni 12y ago
      Did they? If so, that's a huge improvement over the iOS 7 beta release. Although I suspect that it does nothing for those who add reviews through iTunes on the computer rather than through App Store on the device!
king_magic 12y ago
The first few iOS betas are notoriously rough. It's like this every new version of iOS - it takes a few betas for Apple to work out major issues. Through almost all of the iOS 7 betas, Spotify crashed every time I tried to use the volume up/down buttons on my headphones. I wouldn't blame these guys.

Dwolb 12y ago

I liked searching through other people's pictures in this app. They're really cool! Unfortunately for me right now, this app requires a lot of effort and I wouldn't use it unless someone REALLY needed a 3D image of something I was doing. Might work better in a B2B space where international teams could share prototypes, ideas, etc. faster and cheaper with this app. I'm thinking about my last gig in automotive where our Japan team would mock-up protoypes and take pictures. It would've been much more useful to see 3D images!

showwebgl 12y ago

Great app! One of the best 3D scanning options available for your iphone without needing any specific add-on.