Who needs a Microsoft Kinect when your phone’s camera can do the job? Microsoft Research said Monday it’s working on a technology called MobileFusion for the Android, iOS, and Windows Phone platforms ...

The app, MobileFusion, uses a smartphone's hardware and RGB camera to take 3D scans -- a cheap and accessible way for most consumers to collect such images. Microsoft has produced earlier scanning ...

The project, dubbed MobileFusion, turns mobile phones into 3D scanners using just their built-in cameras—no extra hardware, or even an Internet connection, required. The resulting scan is of high ...

In early October, researchers will show off Microsoft's new MobileFusion technology, a project that enables an ordinary smartphone to serve as a 3D scanner. MobileFusion is notable for a number of ...

If you want to do some 3D scanning, you usually have to get either a dedicated scanner or a less-than-elegant add-on. Microsoft Research and the University of Oxford think there's a better way, though ...

Microsoft Research is working on a new technology called MobileFusion that will allow users to create high-quality 3D images in real time using a regular smartphone. By slowly panning a smartphone ...

Microsoft's research team has created an experimental mobile app that will turn any smartphone into a 3D scanner. MobileFusion uses the RGB capabilities of a handset's rear camera to shoot an object ...