No, it isn't really new at all. It's actually almost exactly like how the Xbox Kinect has worked for years. Multiple lines projected in IR and it measures the variation in the lines to see the 3D picture of the persons gestures. This just takes it up a notch by using 2 projectors instead of just one.

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OK, so the question is really: "Will 3D scanning render 3D scanning obsolete?"

Um... no. It's still really just another 3D scanning technique. I'm not even sure if it's a new one. Kind of a variation or mash-up of existing ones. It looks like a stereo structured light scanner, if I had to identify it.