Structure Sensor, the world’s first iPad 3D scanner, is the sixth highest-earning project ever funded on Kickstarter and one of the most highly-anticipated gadgets of the year. Does it deliver on the ...

Printing 3D objects has always felt like a daunting and expensive affair, but we are beginning to see 3D printers come down in price substantially. The problem is that it’s still difficult to create ...

Last year, California-based Occipital closed out a wildly successful Kickstarter for its Structure Sensor, an iPad-mountable structured light scanner that can perceive the world in three dimensions by ...

Mentioning the term “camera-phone” to anyone in the 1990s should have invoked confusing mental images of massive handheld cameras duct-taped to equally massive walkie-talkie-looking cell phones. By ...

When Occipital launched its Kickstarter campaign for a portable 3D sensor for mobile devices, it saw the project fully funded within a few hours. Knowing we had to see this gadget in action, Gizmag ...

When it comes to screens, 3-D=lame: our own brains are more than capable of turning 2-D cues into full 3-D scenes without any weird glasses or other trickery. But 3-D scans are totally useful for all ...

Just a few years ago, 3D scanning seemed like something straight out of a science fiction novel. Today, 3D-printed fashion is already walking down the runway. The Structure Sensor by Occipital, which ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and ...

Yesterday morning San Francisco-based Occipital launched Structure Sensor—the world’s first 3D scannerfor iPad—on Kickstarter with a fundraising goal of $100,000. By this morning, they had not only ...

Mobile scanning software maker Itseez 3D has released an update to its 3D scanner app that can accommodate full-body 3D models. Designed to work with Occipital’s Structure Sensor ($379), a snap-on ...

Occipital, the maker of the Structure Sensor, has acquired a company called Lynx Laboratories, one that launched its own mobile 3D scanner on Kickstarter a few years ago. The Lynx staff will join ...

Occipital took to CES to show off its 3D scanning technology and how it can be used with iOS devices, including the Canvas app and Structure accessory that can quickly scan a room using an iPad, and ...