RealityScan is the new iOS app for 3D scanning from Epic Games

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Epic games and Capture reality announce the release of RealityScan, a new 3D scanning app. The free app can now be downloaded from the Apple iOS App Store.

RealityScan is a 3D scanning app that converts photos into high-fidelity 3D models. The app does all the legwork; you don’t need any experience or training to get started. Users take a picture of an object with their phone and RealityScan transforms it.

RealityScan uses cloud processing to make the transformation happen. Once the process is complete, the new 3D model can be uploaded to Sketchfab and shared freely.

Take a look at this dehydrated for example tree trunk.

I know, that doesn’t sound particularly interesting, but seriously. Look. It has real definition. Shadows and outlines give it real depth. You see moss and mushroom growth. It’s really impressive technology.

RealityScan is the brainchild of Capturing Reality. It is a world-class developer of photogrammetry solutions, with a mission to make 3D scanning available to everyone.

Capturing Reality previously teamed up with Quixel, the curators of Megascans, to create high-fidelity scans using a desktop program called RealityCapture. RealityScan is the next step in capturing reality and bringing that technology to mobile devices.

Models uploaded to Sketchfab can be used with Unreal Engine, Twinmotion, MetaHuman, or any other post-processing tool. Especially the compatibility with Unreal Engine is interesting. These uploads could pave the way for a new generation of ultra-realistic landscape games in the future.

RealityScan is pretty easy to use, but for the absolute best results, Capturing Reality put together a quick one instructional video to facilitate new users.

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