Anyway. Skanect as its name suggests, lets you use a Kinect bar and Kinect for Windows to scan a room and map a complete 3D image.

Researchers at MIT devised a novel solution to 3D-scan the jaw of a T-rex, using Microsoft's Kinect sensor, and some free software, instead of high-res 3D scanners that cost up to 200 times more.

A proof of concept prototype handheld 3D scanner has been created by Mario Lukas, using a Microsoft Xbox Kinect motion sensor and the small single board Raspberry Pi mini PC. The Raspberry Pi ...

Microsoft is bringing the ability to accurately scan 3D objects to the masses. On Monday, the company announced that it was working on a software update for its Kinect for Windows motion ...

Microsoft Kinect If you fancy creating your very own colour full 3D body scan you might be interested to know that Microsoft has this week added support for its ...

That is the very mission that Mario Lukas set out to do, to build a handheld 3D scanner made from affordable off shelf components, like, say, a Microsoft Kinect and the latest Raspberry Pi 2.

It's hard to deny the fact that the Kinect has all but failed as a gaming device. Despite their initial decisions, Microsoft stopped including the… ...

Volumental is a new Kickstarter program that wants to make 3D scanning process into a effortless web app experience.

All pretty impressive in their own right. No doubt feeling a little left out, one of Microsoft’s own research teams has come up with a way of using Kinect as a completely affordable 3D scanner.

The old gen 1 Kinect has seen a fair bit of use in the field of making 3D scans out of real world scenes. Now that Xbox 360 Kinects are winding up at yard sales and your local Goodwill, you might e… ...

A computer boffin has built a makeshift 3D body scanner out of everyday gadgets and used it to create a replica of his father. Dat Phan from Mission District, San Franciso, used a gaming computer ...