3D scanning experts at Artec 3D, who have brought you the Shapify instant full-body scanning technology, are working on customizable apps for the new iPhone’s 3D sensor.

Apple’s latest release promises to revolutionize the market of consumer-level 3D scanning devices by offering users a built-in 3D sensor, and Artec 3D is here to bring you 3D scan apps, based on the company’s 10 years of experience in high-precision 3D scanning and data processing.

The potential of 3D apps for smartphones and other popular devices is immense. First of all, built-in 3D sensors make it much easier to take 3D selfies no matter where you are. Imagine you don’t need to take a 3D scanner with you – just use your smartphone the way you use it for taking photos.

With special apps, users will be able to verify the quality of 3D scans, prepare ready-for-print files and send them to a 3D printer in order to make their own figurines.

In fashion, 3D apps will allow users to create new designs, try them on their 3D models, and alter them the way they want.

Likewise, online shoppers will be able to use their 3D models to try on clothes in virtual stores and see how well different designs look on them – all without having to go to a mall or wait for delivery.

3D portraits are also a great option for gamers, who can create their avatars and incorporate them into digital environments.

3D scanning exposes users to a whole world of new exciting opportunities, helping them develop their talents and making their lives more fun. Artec's creative team of 3D tech experts can make 3D scanning apps to spec. If you have a great idea, we are here to bring it to life.

We'll be among the 40+ privileged exhibitors presenting their products and services at the Forge show floor. On our stand you'll be able to make a free 3D portrait in Shapify Booth, an instant full-body 3D scanning machine. Scanning takes a short 12 seconds, and a few minutes later a detailed full-color 3D portrait is ready for checking out on a computer screen thanks to Artec’s powerful automated post-processing algorithms. A preview of the 3D model can be shared on Facebook, and the 3D model file can be sent to a 3D printer, where it will be turned into a mini-me figurine.

We'll take care of printing out and delivering figurines. Prices start at $169 for S size (6"/15cm). M (7.5"/19cm) and L (9"/23cm) size figurines cost $219 and $299 respectively. Delivery is $35. 3D models can be downloaded from the Shapify website for $40.

Where: Booth IZ7, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 
When: June 15-16, 2016 
Register here.

First: New Prices.
The exclusive partner prices have dropped 20-40% (depending on the figurine size). So, for instance, to order a 15cm/6in figurine now costs just $140 (instead of $249), an unpreceded price for the figurines market! It makes the Shapify.Pro business model even more competitive, as the recommended end user prices are also set lower, while the partner's margin has increased.
Check out the Pro website for more details.

Second: New Discounts.
Batch orders are now much cheaper. For instance, you'll easily get 25% off the partner price if you order just 100 figurines per month. Please contact us via business@shapify.me to learn more.

Third: New Options.
Delivery for professional partners - now for everywhere in the world, including Japan, China, Brazil, Australia, Russia and other countries you were asking about!
Fixed delivery price applies - independent of the order size.
A new figurine size is available - Medium, 1:15 scale, approximately 15cm/5in, at a partner price of $80 and $129 recommended end user price.

And there's more to come.
Stay tuned,
your Shapify Team

Droidcon SF will feature Artec's full-body 3D scanning machine Shapify Booth, and Shapify fans can get a 30% discount on the regular ticket price if they enter the "Shapify_friend" promo code on Eventbrite. At the conference, be sure to drop by our scanning point to get scanned for free in a short 12 seconds and check out your most accurate full-color 3D portrait on a computer screen a few minutes later. Want to have your 3D selfie printed out? No problem. Choose the size of your 3D printed figurine and leave us your shipping address. Figurine prices start at $169 for S size (6"/15cm). An M-size figurine (7.5"/19cm) will cost you $219 and an L (9"/23cm) is worth $299. Delivery is $35. You can also download your 3D model from the Shapify website for $40. 3D portraits can be shared on Facebook – every person scanned in the Shapify Booth will receive a free preview of their shapie by email so they can embed it in a Facebook post.

Where: Booth #1 near the entrance, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

When: March 17-18

Artec will be bringing its instant full-body 3D scanning system, Shapify Booth, to CES 2016 to make 3D portraits of attendees. Shapify showcases Artec’s ultimate automatic full-body scanning technology taking only 12 seconds to scan a person and 15 minutes to produce a ready-for-print 3D model in brilliant color. A Shapify Booth can become a perfect revenue booster for parks, shopping malls, airports and other venues with a heavy footfall as people are beginning to embrace the new mini-me trend.

If you want to get a 3D printed mini-you, come to our stand to get scanned in the Shapify Booth, then just choose the figurine size you want and leave us your shipping address – you’ll receive your figurine a few weeks later. Figurine prices start at $169 for an S-size figurine (6"/15cm). An M-size figurine (7.5"/19cm) will cost you $219 and an L (9"/23cm) is worth $299. Delivery is $35. You can also download your 3D model from the Shapify website for $40.

Where: Stand #72523, Halls A-C, Sands, Tech West, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 
When: January 6-9 
Register here.

Creating ready for print and Facebook shareable 3D models of customers, known as shapies, Shapify Booth is a great revenue booster for theme and water parks, cinemas, museums and other venues with a heavy footfall. A 3D printed mini-me figurine which replicates your looks and facial expression in the finest detail, a shapie is a new special way to keep the memories of life's happiest moments, such as a day spent in a park.

Out of the 1,000+ exhibitors at the IAAPA expo, Artec is one of the few companies featured in a video report about the show made by AttractionsMagazine.com, Orlando's only magazine that covers all of the local tourist attractions. One of the two hosts of the magazine's video blog, Elisa Goldman, made a 3D selfie in the Shapify Booth and interviewed Artec's CBDO Andrei Vakulenko, who talked her through the process of making 3D portraits.

We are publishing an excerpt from the report. The full version can be found here: http://bit.ly/1PDW1Fr.

Ikeja City Mall shoppers now have a great opportunity to capture life’s most cherished occasions like graduation, marriage and pregnancy in vibrant detail and high quality while also creating a timeless keepsake.

3ders.org, a 3D printing news portal, has published a report about the grand opening of the Shapify scanning point. Here's their story:

Just like 3D Printing up until a few years ago, 3D scanning has always been a technology too expensive for the average consumer to realistically enjoy.

Throughout the last few years however, 3D scanning with the Kinect and other applications like Autodesk’s 123D Catch have been winning over Makerspaces and techno-hobbyists worldwide.

During this period, there has never been a question that the most popular thing being 3D scanned and 3D printed was the human bust and then eventually an entire person.

I myself remember the enthusiasm and excitement that surrounded me when I first scanned and printed some friends of mine back in 2012. Their genuine, joyous reactions were contagious and obvious from the start.

But just like everything else during the technology’s early consumer days, quality had always been an issue. The 3D scan wasn’t great and the 3D print consistency lacked as well.

Fast forward to 2015 and things have already changed drastically. This is partly because of Artec Group, a long established veteran in the 3D scan sphere.

When they introduced their intuitive shapify.me 3D scanning stations, print vendors already in existence could suddenly combine their commercial printers with a scanning solution targeted at the curious consumer.

It wasn’t long before shapify stations started popping up around the globe.

These booths, designed to capture in full-colour by using four wide-view, high-resolution scanners that rotate around the person to capture them from all angles in just a matter of minutes have taken the grainy single-colour scans I was exposed to a whole new level.

The exciting news unfolding this week is that first of these stations on the African continent has opened up in Nigeria.

This was done by US based 3D Makery in the ever expanding state of Lagos to much fanfare. Regional celebrities like Juliet Ibrahim and Bryan Okwara, along with a host of others, were present at their 3D Shapify unveiling at the Ikeja City Mall.

And if 3DMakery and Nigerian born founder Israel Oviri has his way, this is just the beginning.

Oviri has worked in the space for some time now and understands the new scanning stations and the technology that surrounds it will disrupt positively the lifestyle of people in the region. “We’re thrilled bringing this advanced 3D tools and knowledgeable support team to help grow Nigeria’s technology business.”

He has further gone on to say that “rather than a half cocked snapshot you can have a 3D printed sculpture to either keep as your own or give as a gift,” and that the technology “will even pick up things like a logo on a shirt or the jersey of your favourite sports team.”

And while these 3D scanned and printed selfies are exciting and state-of-the-art, Israel Oviri sees the big picture as well.

He’s spoken about Africa missing out on earlier industrial revolutions and that it’s time for that to change.

In a recent interview, he went on to suggest it has to start on the education side of things. It has to start with the younger generation and how an “emphasis on science, on technology, on engineering and on mathematics” is integral for continued growth; to bring Nigeria, and the continent as its whole to its full potential.

He also understands that the technology is still in its infancy and that African governments need to get on board and emphasize 3D printing facilities so the emerging generation can grow up with the tools necessary to flourish in the modern age.

Nigeria has steadily been growing its economy and currently has the 22nd largest GDP (PPP) in the world. It seems to be the perfect country to make inroads and expand on what is surely still the early days of 3D printing on the continent.

3DMakery founder and serial entrepreneur understands this and if his enthusiasm for the technology is any indication, a bright future lies ahead in a region wrought with a turbulent past and a present-day that is tangled with an unfairly negative international stigma.

Efforts like these should be seen as a stepping stone in producing positive change, one 3D selfie at a time.

The theme park capital of the world, Orlando, FL will be hosting the largest international tradeshow for the amusements and attractions industry, IAAPA Attractions Expo, where you’ll be able to learn everything you need to know about running a 3D portrait business with Shapify Booth’s one-click set up. Come to our stand or the Showtime Pictures stand for your detailed, full-color 3D portrait that can be turned into a 3D-printed statuette, an exact mini-copy of you. The Showtime stand will feature our partners Digital Scan 3D, who operate Shapify Booths in Portland, OR and Space Center Houston.

Shapies are very special personalized keepsakes that can remind you of life’s happiest days, such as a day spent in a park, zoo or museum with your loved ones. All you need to do to make a shapie is step inside the Shapify Booth, strike a pose and hold still for 12 seconds, letting four 3D scanners make a full circle around you to scan you from all angles. Five minutes later you’ll be shown a preview of your 3D portrait, another 15 minutes – and your printable model file is ready.

Order a print and your figurine will be delivered to your address in a few weeks’ time. Depending on the size, figurine prices range from $169 (S size: 6"/15cm) to $219 (M: 7.5"/19cm) and $299 (L: 9"/23cm). Delivery is $35. You can download your 3D model from the Shapify website for $40.

3D portraits can also be shared on Facebook – every person scanned in the Shapify Booth will receive a free preview of their shapie by email so they can embed it in a Facebook post.

Shapify scanning points can be found around the world, and you, too, can open one to make money selling hundreds of shapies a month. We’ll be happy to help you get started.

Where: Stand #4081 for Artec 3D, stand #1873 for Showtime Pictures, North/South Building, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, United States
When: November 17-20

Register here.

We’re reaching out to all audiences, young and old, at the 10th Science Festival in Luxembourg, which will showcase the best of locally made cutting-edge products, including our 3D selfie machine, Artec Shapify Booth, and you're welcome to try it out on our stand at the festival.

The Shapify Booth produces a digital copy of the person inside, which can later be turned into a shapie, a mini-me 3D printed figurine. Shapies are a new great way to capture life’s happiest moments and can make a really special keepsake.

At the Science Festival, we’ll be scanning attendees for free – families can even get a group 3D portrait – and after the show we’ll print out figurines for those who will have ordered them.

Figurine prices start at $169 for an S-size figurine (6"/15cm). M-size (7.5"/19cm) and L-size (9"/23cm) figurines cost $219 and $299 respectively. Delivery is $35. 3D models can be downloaded from the Shapify website for $40.

3D portraits can also be shared on Facebook – every person scanned in the Shapify Booth will receive a free preview of their shapie by email so they can embed it in a Facebook post.

Where: National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg
When: November 12-15

Come to our 3D scanning point on any of the three days of the show to get scanned in the booth for free in a short 12 seconds and check out your most accurate full-color 3D portrait on a computer screen a few minutes later. Want to have your 3D selfie printed out? No problem. Choose the size and leave us your shipping address. Figurine prices start at $169 for an S-size figurine (6"/15cm). An M-size figurine (7.5"/19cm) will cost you $219 and an L (9"/23cm) is worth $299. Delivery is $35. You can also download your 3D model from the Shapify website for $40.

Getting a 3D portrait is not only a super fun thing to do, but also a great new business idea to capitalize on the customer flow in a theme park, zoo, shopping mall or any other busy venue. If this sounds interesting and you want to know more about how to start making a lucrative business with Shapify, let’s discuss it at the Euro Attractions Show.

Apart from featuring the Shapify Booth, the show will offer unique networking opportunities as 425+ international companies working in the leisure and amusement industry will be showcasing their products and services. That’s in addition to a themed conference, roundtable discussions and workshops.

Where: Stand F122, Svenska Massan, Mässans Gata/Korsvägen, 412 94 Gothenburg, Sweden

When: October 6-8

Book your ticket here.

The bustling city of Dubai blows you away with the tallest building in the world and the artificial archipelagos shaped like the world map and a palm tree. Now there’s one more attraction worth checking out – the Shapify Booth in the Business Bay area, which can turn you into a shapie, a mini-you in 3D, in a matter of minutes.

“Business Bay is a center of Dubai and a home for some of most well-known landmarks of the city. Hence it was a natural choice to open our innovative 3D studio here,” says Mohammed Al-Towaiji, the head of the 3D You studio owning the  Shapify Booth.

To make sure the booth operator can devote as much time to each client as necessary, the studio works by appointment. It even has a dressing area if you need to put on a special outfit. Once you’re ready, you’re welcome to step inside the booth and take any pose you like, from arms at side to a yoga asana. Just be sure to hold it for up to 10 seconds – that’s how long the booth’s four high resolution 3D scanners will take to capture you from all angles. Then you can join the booth operator to see how your 3D model is being created in real time.

Should your portrait need touching up before printing (fix that tummy anyone?) the studio’s modelers will take of it. The studio’s state-of-the-art 3D printing facility is capable of printing full-color detailed figurines of amazing quality. It offers special prices for duo shapies and kid scaled shapies.

Once the figurine is ready you’ll receive a text message with delivery details. It’ll take a maximum of three business days to get your figurine if the delivery address is in a GCC country.

3D You is one of the two Shapify Booth studios in the Gulf area. In July the 3D Utopia studio opened in Kuwait.

Where to find: Office 1212, Clover Bay Tower, Business Bay, Dubai

http://3dyou.ae
https://www.facebook.com/3dyou.ae
https://instagram.com/3dyou.ae

Houston shoppers are the newest group embracing the next-generation technology that captures life’s special moments by creating full length portraits in 3D, also called shapies. We are excited to bring our 3D scanning technology to the city that has been at the forefront of innovation since the first missions to the Moon in the 1960s.

Unlike NASA astronauts, Shapify customers don’t need to make lengthy preparations for their 3D mission. Making a shapie in a Shapify Booth requires no more involvement of the customer than making a good old photo in a traditional photo booth – you step inside and freeze in the pose you choose, allowing the booth’s four high resolution scanners to take multiple shots of you in a mere 12 seconds.

The data collected is then automatically processed to become your detailed full-color 3D portrait, which you can have printed. A 3D printed figurine is a priceless memento of a significant life experience like your first day of school, making a sports team, graduating or getting married. These tokens serve as a more vibrant home accent than the typical photograph, and also make truly personal gifts for friends and family.

“While it’s still wonderful to have collections of photos, the Shapify Booth offers a new way to revisit a memory with a 3D portrait,” says Melissa Wiltraut, corporate project manager at 3D Makery.

The Shapify Booth is located in front of the Target corridor at the Memorial City Mall. To learn more about this Shapify scanning point, please visit http://www.3dmakery.com/.

Digital Scan 3D are expanding their shapie-making business: three months after the grand opening of their first Shapify Booth in Portland they’ve launched the second one at the Space Center in Houston, TX. So if you visit the center, feel free to come by for a very personal souvenir! The Shapify Booth is located on the left-hand side of the main entrance next to the NASA gift shop and membership registration.

This is a truly unique scanning point because this is the only place where you can make a 3D portrait in astronaut’s overalls and NASA-branded jackets rented for free. The Shapify Booth uses our tried-and-tested full-body 3D scanning technology – all you need to do is step inside the booth, strike a pose and hold still for 12 seconds. Your 3D portrait will be ready a few minutes later. Zoom it in and out and view it from different sides on a computer screen to see how accurate it is.

Digital Scan 3D will print out your shapie and deliver it to your address – just choose between the four sizes of your future figurine and leave your contact details.

Figurine sizes range from 4.5” to 9.0”, and prices from $99 to $269 respectively. You can make a shapie together with your loved one, kid or friend, which will be cheaper than making two separate shapies.

Figurines are shipped domestically for $19.99 within 5-10 business days and internationally for $50, with ETAs varying depending on the location.

Hey, comic book fans! You totally won’t want to miss this awesome festival – the Northwest Comic promises a great weekend packed with meetups with artists, authors, famous cosplayers and wrestlers. That’s in addition to film and music festivals, a costume/performance contest and workshops, where you’ll be able to learn and practice a bunch of skills, from comic strip creation to parkour.

Shapify Booth. You’ll probably be wearing something special for the occasion, so why not make a 3D portrait in that outfit? Bring your friends along, maybe ask a star guest to make a shapie with you – this should make your 3D scanning experience even more fun.

The operators of the Shapify Booth, our good friends Digital Scan 3D, will be happy to show you your shapie on a computer screen, print it out and deliver it to your address.

Where: Salem Convention Center (200 Commercial St SE, Salem, OR 97301, United States)
When: August 15-16

Passes are only available to purchase online.

“We are very excited to present our Shapify booth in Kuwait, especially after the positive response we received at the DEAL show in Dubai earlier this year,” says Artyom Yukhin, president and CEO of Artec 3D. “The Shapify booth has been significantly popular in Asia, the U.S. and Western Europe, and we are thrilled to be sharing our 3D technologies with consumers in the Middle East. Although 3D technology, specifically 3D printing, is widely heard of in the news, it has not reached the stage where it is easily accessible to the average consumer. We aim to change this and believe the Shapify Booth can become many people’s first interaction with 3D technologies. Through Shapify Booth, we also endeavor to showcase the opportunities that 3D scanning and printing technology presents to enterprises and companies in the Middle East.”

Located on the mall’s ground floor near the Caribou coffee shop, the booth will employ Artec’s tried-and-tested technology to scan customers in just 12 seconds, create a detailed 3D model automatically in 5 minutes and produce a high-quality 3D-printable file in 15 minutes. The file can then be sent to a printing center to be turned into a full-color mini-statue, which the customer can pick up a few days later or have delivered to their address. A mini-me figurine, also called a shapie, is a new great way to capture life’s most important moments, such as marriage, graduation and pregnancy, and can make a really special keepsake.

“We have been the authorised partner for Artec 3D in the GCC for over a year and we’ve started marketing Artec handheld scanners. We are glad to collaborate for their first Shapify Booth in Kuwait. We are optimistic that ‘shapie’, the 3D version of your body, will take the ‘selfie’ concept to the next level. As 3D printing and scanner suppliers, we are in a position to give a complete proposition to clients in the region,” said Ashish Panjabi, COO, Jacky’s Business Solutions L.L.C., who has contributed a great deal to bringing the Shapify Booth to Kuwait.