Scaniverse, a new-ish app from Niantic (they of Pokémon GO fame), is one of the cooler products I got to play with at AWE last week. It's a consumer model version of gaussian splatting, an annoyingly obscure term to describe a new process of quickly converting real world objects into usable 3D file data.
What I like about Scaniverse's approach (watch above) is it's actually fun, as if you're waving a magic wand that gradually renders a real world object into the digital world.
Speaking of which, the demo team of Niantic told me Scaniverse will be part of its upcoming "real world metaverse" announced a couple years ago (though we haven't heard much about it lately). That's because it already comes with virtual world conversion features:
Share scans for friends and family to view in AR — or post to Sketchfab for the world to see. Export to 3D formats such as OBJ and FBX for compatibility with most 3D modeling software and game engines.
More here. I'm very much not the mesh expert, but I believe Scaniverse files could be converted for upload into Second Life. (Help me out here, readers.)
Comments