The concept of a 3D scanner can seem rather simple in theory: simply point a camera at the physical object you wish to scan ...

French startup Manctl has created a working answer to the question, "Have you ever wanted to produce a full-colour 3D model of your house?" Its solution was to use Microsoft's Kinect for Windows, ...

There's not much business in making gadgets for archaeologists, but that has not stopped the modern day Indiana Jones types from adapting the tools of other trades for their painstaking explorations ...

<em>Star Wars Kinect</em> aside, Microsoft wants to remind you that its motion control hardware isn't all play; the company has finally announced the eleven finalists ...

[Photo: FTIC] Some of the biggest uncanny valley problems we have with making 3D-models (i.e. video games and CGI movies) involve fine detail and making moving characters not look like marionette ...

[Photo: UNC Chapel Hill] Microsoft Kinect hacking just got a little more interesting. There are tons of Kinect hacks now out there since the gaming accessory’s release last year, but none of them ...