Written on January 9, 2009 – 5:17 am | by Maria Mihale |
Another innovation that is to be seen at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which is held these days in Las Vegas, Nevada is a desktop 3D scanner designed and developed by RealView. RealView 3D Corporation, a Rochester, NY-based company, uses the technology they developed for all sorts of medical cameras in order to bring affordable 3D imaging products on the market.

3D scanners aren’t something what people can find all over the place, so they should be thrilled to know that a company thought of such a necessity. RealView has just announced its first desktop 3D scanner, which is based on a special technology, the 3D image capture one, developed and used for medical cameras.



This is a first as far as the 3D scanners are concerned, and maybe you are entitled to have your fear with regard to the price of this device. However, worry no more, because RealView decided to launch the product with a low price, so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of scanning and capturing objects “in full topographical 360 degrees 3D”.

The image that you captured with this scanner can be reproduced and visualized from any advantageous point. The only thing you should do is to use a mouse in order to position the right angle. More than that, the topographical 360 degrees 3D scan can be forwarded anywhere that you like, from web based documents to online catalog or online auctions.



“Topographical 360 degrees 3D capture is the next logical step in image capture and display for e-tailers”, said the founder of RealView 3D, JJHoward. This means that topographical 360 degrees 3D is a ground-breaking technology that will take online auctions (take E-Bay for example) to another level, as well as online catalogs and PDF files.

There are no details yet about the price and availability of this desktop 3D scanner, but by the time the product hits the mass production it will be in the spotlight at CES 2009.

(Source: engadget.com)