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July 10, 2014

This iPad 3-D Scanner Is Incredible

Scan objects and rooms in 3D, play augmented reality games, and develop mobile apps with 3D vision. For iPad, yet hackable.

3D cameras are becoming more available to the market, but it’s been a slow-burn with the pricey technology to become easily-accessible for the average user.

The Structure Sensor could change that though – acting as a consumer-targetted 3D camera that attaches to your iPad. It’s not unlike Microsoft’s Kinect sensor for the Xbox 360 console, but for tablets.

The camera can create real-time 3D maps of environments, faces or just about anything else you snap, and creator Occipital used a Kickstarter project to successfully get the funding.

So hopefully we see these bad-boys in stores sometime in the near future.

Check out the full story on Mashable.