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!