This next generation in mobile 3D scanning hardware was revealed today by the folks at Occipital. They've shown the Occipital Structure Sensor Mark II, a device that's 50% smaller than their previous ...

Back in 2013, Occipital made waves with a 3D mapping sensor for the iPad. Flash forward five years and Occipital is back with a new 3D sensor — this one a standalone product. The Structure Core is ...

Printing 3D objects has always felt like a daunting and expensive affair, but we are beginning to see 3D printers come down in price substantially. The problem is that it’s still difficult to create ...

At the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, Occipital showed off its Structure mobile depth sensor that attaches to the back of an iPad to capture a 3D model of whatever is in front of it, including ...

Boulder’s Occipital is building an ambitious and futuristic iPad sensor, something I wrote about for this week’s print edition for subscribers. The project, called the Structure Sensor, lets people ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Mentioning the term “camera-phone” to anyone in the 1990s should have invoked confusing mental images of massive handheld cameras duct-taped to equally massive walkie-talkie-looking cell phones. By ...

A few years back, Occipital released a sensor that turned your iPad into a portable 3D scanner. Called the Occipital Structure, it packed lasers and cameras into a snap-on package that let the iPad be ...

I think we’ll probably look back at today as a time, just like the 1830s, when we just started to have photographs. Today, Occipital is launching Canvas, its first iPad app built in-house. Using the ...