EM3D: Ethan Makes 3D Scanner

I made a video which took me over an hour and then went to purchase for $2.99 and was shocked when I was charged almost $20 how annoying and deceiving

It says it fairly clearly in the description you to need have true-depth camera. This is fine as long as you know what “true-depth camera” is, if your device doesn’t say it has one, it doesn’t have one. The app will download and run until you try to scan, this is when you find out you don’t have a true depth camera . The app puts up a message box saying it will go no further. The rating does not reflect the app, I just have no way to give a proper rating.

I saw many YouTube videos of people demonstrating how solid this scanner is, but on an iPhone 13 it simply doesn't cut it, sadly. Maybe this works better with a newer phone model that has a LIDAR sensor at the backside of the phone or iPad. For me, no matter how slowly I move the front-facing camera, it loses tracking after a few seconds and I've never been able to scan an entire object (my head, LOL) so far. It's a valiant effort, and fairly priced, but it's just not there and may never be.

I found this app through a YouTube video talking about scanning in 3d and that it’s a great app to use, and it wasn’t wrong. Solved for trying to 3d print an airbox for a cafe racer build when I was trying to reduce the size of the current airbox and maintain a vacuum pressure on the carbs. I hope they continue to support this app, from one Ethan to another…😉

I’d leave a review, but I’ve lost tracking.

This app works great if you take your time scanning. What I really like about it is the 1 time fee. I hate how other apps make you pay monthly or per export.

Kudos to the developer! I am blown away with how far photogrammetry has come, and how effective this app is. I would have thought we were still years away from this level of detail. Any issues with the scan are quite easy to fix on my mesh modeling software. My one suggestion would be a manual calibration for sizing that could be exported with the .stl as a .txt file for modeling work. I’m thinking at the beginning of the scan ask for a reference object like a ruler or a quarter, and then it would be easier to get 1:1 level detail when I scale the model later.

I was happy to download this app thinking it would do better than Scandy Pro or Hedges, but to my disappointment, it was just as bad (maybe just slightly better?). Losing track is something I really hated for my lab work as I do a lot of scans everyday. After trying so many apps(qlone…), I searched with “TrueDepth 3D” from the App Store, and found a few good options there. SureScan 3D app seems to work quite well. However, I will need to scan more objects after holidays to verify and update.

I’m amazed at this thing, I haven’t looked at 3D scanners for about 5 years and there so much better and it’s awesome I can just download this on my phone now Down side is that it cost to much to export, if I have a gear scanned that cost only a few dollars to buy then why would I spend $20 to export the scan and then the time and money to print it

back facing camera support would greatly improve the user experience.