{"id":472383,"date":"2022-12-02T08:16:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=472383"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:19:09","slug":"this-app-creates-3d-models-of-real-objects-using-the-iphones-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/472383-this-app-creates-3d-models-of-real-objects-using-the-iphones-camera.html","title":{"rendered":"This app creates 3D models of real objects using the iPhone’s camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epic Games’ free RealityScan app \u2014 which lets users scan real-life objects and convert them into 3D models \u2014 is now available on iOS, the company announced in a blog post<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The app could be a valuable tool for developers, allowing them to recreate real-world objects for video games and other projects without building them from scratch.<\/p>\n

“Scanning” is relatively straightforward, requiring users to take photos of the object from as many angles as possible.<\/p>\n

RealityScan shows each picture in augmented reality and provides a heat map indicating parts of the object that don’t have sufficient coverage.<\/p>\n

The app lets users export their 3D models to Sketchfab \u2014 a platform for sharing 3D models \u2014 and they can preview the model in RealityScan before they do so.<\/p>\n

Epic says it will automatically upgrade users to Sketchfab Pro upon their first export from RealityScan to the platform and give them a year’s free subscription. Sketchfab Pro is priced at $15 (R263, excl. fees) a year.<\/p>\n

From SketchFab, users can add the model to other apps, such as Epic’s Unreal Engine.<\/p>\n

While the app is currently only available on iPhones and iPads, Epic says it is working on an Android version that will arrive in 2023.<\/p>\n

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The RealityScan app is currently available on iPhones and iPads, and Epic is working on an Android version for release in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":472385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934,16],"tags":[44372,9691,691,83035,83039,77362],"class_list":["post-472383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","category-software","tag-3d-modelling","tag-epic-games","tag-ios","tag-realityscan","tag-sketchfab","tag-unreal-engine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472391,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472383\/revisions\/472391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}