What's Opinion on the Matterform 3D Scanner?
I just saw this scanner. I was going to buy the Digitizer from Makerbot, but saw this and it intrigued me. The Matterform was an indiegogo project several months ago, and it raised $471,000, which I thought was crazy awesome.
Does anyone know specifically how this compares to the digitizer as far as specs go? It's priced slightly better at $579.
Features at a glance:
- High resolution scan created with a high definition camera and dual lasers.
- All scanners are fully assembled and tested prior to shipping. There are no kits here.
- Easy folding design makes storage or transport simple.
- Quick scans. Multiple quality settings can be chosen but an average scan is 3 minutes.
- Looks awesome. Shoots lasers.
- Scan objects up to 190mm x 190mm x 250mm (7.5" diamter x 9.75" height)
- Dual stepper motors for full software control over the scan bed and the z-axis.
- See the point cloud being captured in real time!
- Full version of software included for PC, Mac or Linux.
- .STL, .OBJ, and point cloud .PLY formats
- NEW! Color Scans! Due to overwhelming success we'll add color scanning to the software!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...;v=trEZz6f4M-U
Recent Update - a Scam Alert
As an FYI (from their website blog):
Scammer Alert!
Posted by Matterform on Monday February 10, 2014 in Updates, News
Hi everyone,
We wanted to let you know that there appear to be some scam websites selling our scanner. We've had a couple brought to our attention by backers, but there could be more. We're seeing what we can do about it (contacting their ISPs, etc) but at the moment there isn't a lot we can offer by way of protection other than warning you here.
If you're ordering a scanner and aren't sure if you're getting it from a legitimate Matterform dealer, go ahead and email us at info@matterform.net and we'll confirm for you.
Alternatively, you can always just pre-order from us at https://www.matterform.net/review