I’ve used many 3D scanners, and one thing always bugs me: the frustration that often arises from setup, which usually requires a laptop or phone to be tethered to the scanner and installing software. Matter and Form (MAF) developed the Three scanner to do away with that, housing all the computational hardware inside the scanner body, so all that is needed is a web browser to control the entire scanning process. You will still need something with a browser, of course, but the Three is OS agnostic, so whatever you have to hand will work.
Scanners exist for a wide variety of use cases, and none cover all the ground. In the case of the Three, the aim is very much for scanning smaller objects. The Three comes with a turntable to aid in this, so I’ve set it up and spent some time to see how good the results and the experience are, and how it compares to the best 3D scanners on the market.
