With rapid advancements being made in the field of white light / blue light 3D scanning over the past few years, industry participants are adopting structured light scanning at a much faster pace than ever before. High resolution & high accuracy scanning for even the most demanding applications, rapid data capture rates, non-destructive technique, ability to capture colors & textures, portability - it has all the optimum ingredients to make it the 3d scanning technology for mass adoption in the coming years.
While a 3d laser scanner may capture data at a faster rate than structured light scanners, they may not be able to match the accuracy obtained from structured light scanners & CMM instruments. Laser scanning has primarily been used for long range distance measurements, archaeological surveying, building information modeling (BIM), low-to-medium accuracy reverse engineering applications, etc.
