A typical 3D scanner would usually require four things to work together: a light source, a camera, a turntable, as well as a powerful CPU to compute the 3D model. With today's smartphone, it already has two things we need for an accurate 3D scanner, the camera and a powerful CPU.

So we decided to take advantage of our smartphone and create a laser 3D scanner that's never been more affordable.

 

3D Printing

Phiz 3D scanner is compatible with all 3D printers in the market. The 3D scans can be exported as .STL and .OBJ formats, they can be easily used in 3D printing slicers and 3D printers.

 

Engineering and Education

Phiz creates accurate 3D models. You can reverse-engineer an existing design, or improve the current design. The intuitive user interface in the Phiz app is meant not only for the professionals but also students. With Phiz 3D Scanner, they are able to explore the full digitization process and build up engineering thinking skills.

 

3D Creation

Make your own "Toy Story" with Phiz 3D Scanner. 3D model assets are the fundamentals for 3D animation and 3D game development. Phiz can help create detailed 3D assets out of your physical collections.

 

Augmented Reality

Phiz is AR compatible. After creating 3D models, you could bring the digitization to the next level and import them into AR/VR applications like this.

 

Phiz uses a 3D scanning algorithm called "Laser Triangulation", this algorithm can be found in all kinds of professional 3D scanning equipment, meaning it is accurate and robust. But unlike its industrial brothers, Phiz does not have its own camera system nor 3D chips, it works in conjunction with your smartphone instead. So Phiz is also very affordable.

(Image source: MoviMED, https://www.movimed.com/knowledgebase/what-is-laser-triangulation)

From the above picture, you see the conventional setup of a Laser Triangulation equipment. It is easy and well-known... as far as you know the exact distances between the Camera and the Laser and the Target. That's why you will find most existing desktop 3D scanners have a frame to contain their camera system, illumination source, and turntable (it's also why they are usually expensive).

But different smartphones would have entirely different camera parameters and sizes, the conventional Laser Triangulation algorithm does not apply in Phiz. That's where our patented technology really shine through. At KIRI Innovation, we developed a unique algorithm that no longer needs the fixed distances between the camera and the laser and the turntable. That's why only Phiz can use your smartphone to be its own camera system, and Phiz has a fully adjustable scan range because the turntable is detached from the camera and laser frame.

Besides the patented technologies, our secret weapon is the machine learning algorithm running behind the curtain that constantly optimizes your 3D scan. Mathematically, it is a cross-validation algorithm called "data-driven regression". But thankfully, you don't need to understand any of those because Phiz is quietly doing everything for you. All you need to do is pressing the "scan" button.

 

Phiz 3D Scanner is inseparable from the Phiz app: 3DScanLink. 3DScanLink is available on App Store and Google Play store. When designed the 3DScanLink, we put user experience as the priority and wished to provide a intuitive 3D scanning process even to beginners.

 

 

 

 

Scan Duration	Low Resolution: est. 4min – 10min Medium Resolution: est. 8min – 15min High Resolution: est. 16min – 30min *scan duration will vary on different devices
Scan Resolution	Accuracy: up to 0.2mm Max. scan volume: 400mm x 400mm x 400mm Min. scan volume: 50mm x 50mm x 50mm Max. turntable load: 2kg
Battery Life	Phiz Beacon: 8 hours / charge Phiz Turntable: 6 hours / charge
Effective Wireless Range	≤ 1.3 ft. (40 cm)
Compatible Devices	iOS: iPhone 6s and later models (excluding the SE series), with iOS 12 and newer. Android: Most Android phones after 2017, with Android 7.0 and newer. *see ”Phone Requirement” for spec.
Point Cloud Resolution	Up to 1 million vertices
Export Format	STL, OBJ, PLY
App Language	English, Simplified Chinese
Dimension	Phiz Turntable：150x150.5x69.55mm Phiz Beacon：85.5x85.5x165mm
Weight	1.65kg (excluding the package)
Antenna	Built-in Antenna
Battery	18650 Lithium Battery Voltage: 3.6V Phiz Turntable：2500mAh Phiz Beacon：2500mAh
Low Battery Warning On	Battery Voltage < 3.5V
Laser	Power: 5mW Wavelength: 520nm
SoC	NRF52832
Life Cycle	2500 hours
RF operating frequency	2.4GHz–2.4835GHz
Modulation method	GFSK
Rated RF power	20dBm
Operating temperature	-10°C -- +45°C
Operating voltage	Max 4.2V，STD 3.7V，Min 3.3V
Charge Current	Max 1750mA，STD 500mA

 

 

 

 

Phone Requirement

	iOS	Android
Model	iPhone 6s and newer (excluding the SE series)	2017 Android models and newer
System	iOS 12.0 and newer	Android 7.0 and newer
BLE	/	Support two or more concurrent BLE connections
Camera	/	Has rear-facing camera
GPU	/	OpenGL 3.0 +
RAM	/	>2GB of RAM