Do you feel 3D community needs an affordable, accurate, and simple-to-use 3D scanner?

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Do you feel 3D community needs an affordable, accurate, and simple-to-use 3D scanner? I can’t find any that would allow me to make an accurate (commercial grade accuracy) scan? Seems like 3D printer technology has surged ahead, while 3D scanner technology wanes. Agree?

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What is currently out there on a consumer level, without considering price?

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A low end quality 3D scanner might start with the NextEngine 3D - $2995, or if I wanted to trade my car in I could purchase the Creaform Handyscan 3D - $28K. When I hear consumer level I’m thinking bell-curve salary affordable. There are some models that run between those price ranges, but any price range after that I wouldn’t consider consumer level.

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try the David Laserscanner: http://www.david-laserscanner.com/

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Have a look at this. I backed it.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/621838643/desktop-3d-scanner

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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I incorporated them into my recent article concerning the gap in quality consumer 3D scanners (to include a shout out to this community, so hopefully you get a few more members)

http://everydaydigitals.com/heres-what-i-think/18/iy22ust9o35a12vnuifyvpwb65uwso