Nuked Epic games has announced a new smartphone app that can construct 3D models of objects from a series of smartphone photos. The idea is that you’ll be able to use the app to scan an object in the real world – say, a chair – and then bring the scan of that object into your game or project.
App is currently available in a first-come, first-served beta via Apple’s TestFlight platform that will be open to 10,000 users.
The realityscan app asks that you take at least 20 images. Once you’re done scanning, you can send the model to be uploaded to Sketchfab, a 3d-modeling platform. After a few minutes, you’ll be able to see the scan you’ve taken on the site.
The two separate scans of my desk chair were n’t quite as good-looking as the chair epic is featuring in its marketing.
A scan of my water bottle on a table did n’t turn out much better. The scan of the water bottle did n’t appear much better.
The iPhone 12 mini’s cameras are n’t good enough. Epic will continue to iterate up to the app’s official release.
An early access release on iOS is set for spring. An Android version of the app is set to be released later this year.
