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Microsoft is turning the iPhone's camera into a 3D scanner

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Jacob Kastrenakes, Aug 24, 2015.

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    Microsoft wants the camera on the back of your phone to do more than take 2D photos. A new project from Microsoft's research lab is turning the average smartphone's rear camera into a 3D scanner — one that can automatically create 3D models that are supposed to be good enough for printing. In a demo video, researchers use an iPhone 5S to scan objects just by moving the phone around them. The phone tracks the object that's being captured and then builds up a model as the camera captures it from different angles.


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