And on top of that you need to keep track of the cables, especially if you don’t have the optional Eva battery pack. Even physical training, because holding a 3D scanning in one hand and a powerful laptop in the other becomes quite intense after a few minutes. Don’t get me wrong: for a industrial-grade piece of hardware the learning curve of the Eva isn’t steep at all, but it does require practice and training. That difference is huge, there’s no discussion possible about the Eva winning there.īut purely looking at the user experience for both myself and people I handed both scanners to that had little-to-no 3D scanning experience, the Eva lost.
Except when I used it for freestyle 3D scanning (walking around objects or people) and then used a $379 Structure Sensor on an iPad to test the difference in scan quality. Nothing about the user experience revealed that its a 5 year-old device. I really liked scanning with the Eva and the results even more. Not only will I compare the Leo to that entry-level depth sensor, but also to a direct competitor in the form of the Thor3D Drake.īuilt-in Battery and Screen And why portability makes all the difference In other words: it combines professional quality with the ease-of-use of tablet-mounted depth sensors, like the Structure Sensor. In short: the Leo is an industrial-grade, handheld white light 3D scanner with a built-in battery, screen and computer.
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