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A comment on Ask HN: How to produce a 3D scan of a car from a mobile phone?.

Re:Ask HN: How to produce a 3D scan of a car from a mobile p... by franklovecchio on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:53PM (#42844371)
The Einstar Vega goes for $1,799 USD, which is about 2x the price of a standalone iPhone. The scans will be better than anything you can get using a mobile phone (though it's essentially just that?). Lots of videos on YT comparing the Vega and OG Einstar, especially for automobile scanning.

The downsides of the Vega I mostly didn't see mentioned on YT:

- Required an account to use

- Required WIFI to setup (don't need WIFI past that except when updating)

- Required an app to get scan files off it, but will work for your OBJ use case

Battery life has been a few scans. Do the processing later and get the scans up front.

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Re:Ask HN: How to produce a 3D scan of a car from a mobile p... by JofArnold on Monday January 27, 2025 @03:38PM (#42845374)
The other thing is you'll need markers. At least in my experience. I think if you don't need precision photogrammetry and AI will get you the results way faster

(To be clear I love my Vega. Game changer. Just a bit heavy handed if you're not making car body parts)

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Re:Ask HN: How to produce a 3D scan of a car from a mobile p... by franklovecchio on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:43PM (#42855390)
100%. Lots of things work as markers, too! I ended up substituting markers for taped-on construction paper when scanning stainless steel surfaces with curves, the tape serving as feature for the scanner to pickup...worked well enough :)
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