For this project, I had to create a 3D scan of my head. At first, I attempted to do this using the FaceID camera on my phone and the Scandy app. However, I soon realized that it was difficult to get a clean 360 scan with it. The app did work as intended, but it was not ideal because I could only use the inner FaceID camera, which could only scan a few inches in front of it.

Instead, I used an iPad Pro with a LiDAR scanner to capture the imagery. This was much easier to use, but it did take several tries to get a good scan. The first scanning attempt went very slowly, and the model came out looking very strange. The issue was that the scanner was not calibrated properly and wasn’t capturing a smooth image, and a simple recalibration made it work much better. After recalibrating, the second attempt went much smoother. I had to stand completely still as a classmate moved the iPad around my body to capture a full 360 scan. Overall, the scanning process as a whole was very easy and straightforward once we worked out the kinks.

After transferring the .obj file to my computer, I imported it into Tinkercad. The model imported very well, with only a few floating pieces that I removed using hole shapes. There were no large gaps or abnormalities with the model, which made it simple to print and turned out well. Overall, I really enjoyed the process of 3D scanning and was surprised at how it can now be done so well with only a mobile device.