3DMakerPro Teases Turtle Modular Scanner at Rapid + TCT
3DMakerPro’s recent lidar-powered pivot to surveyal applications isn't total. At Rapid + TCT, the company showed off two previously unannounced 3D scanners prioritizing affordability and flexibility.
First up is the Fox, an orange-shelled form that if you stuck a bushy tail on it, well, yeah it would kind of look like a fox. 3DMakerPro generally names its scanners after animals, but rarely do they try to look like them (with the exception of the Whale).
Priced uber-competitively – sub-$200, we’re told – it shares much of its capabilities and feature set with 3DMakerPro’s Seal Lite 3D scanner, with near-infrared scanning tech at its core. The company looked at the internal and external housing to drive the price down, with one tactile difference being the ditching of the Seal’s metal body here for plastic. Pitched at students and entry-level buyers interested in dipping their toes in 3D scanning, its expected to launch later this month.
Perhaps more intriguing is the unannounced Turtle 3D scanner. A handheld system with onboard processing in the same vein as Revopoint’s Miraco and the Einstar Vega, the 3DMakerPro Turtle has a party trick up its sleeve (shell?) in being able to switch out the camera, cycling between three different infrared modules each tailored to small, medium, and large-size objects.
What we saw at the show was a prototype, but even so in its current state the Turtle appeared agile at computing quick captures and immediately post processing them. It was stated that the company intends to make it possible to hot swap the scan modules while the scanner is powered on.
The scan modules can be paired with a threaded base for mounting to a tripod mount, letting you use them independently of the handheld computer in a more traditional wand-style scanning workflow.
We don’t have any more detail to go on, but expect to see more of the Turtle around Q3 this year.
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