This impressive new project from Google researchers puts the subject in the center of what can only be described as an prismatic LED egg, but the resulting 3D models are remarkable — and more ...

Matterport’s pipeline of software allows it to capture both color camera data and a full mesh of 3D data at once, and reconstruct those together into an accurate model.

The combined technology means that someone,without expertise in computer-aided design (CAD) or the money to buy an expensive laser scanner can easily create a 3D model of an object, person, or room.