Artec 3D scanners for video games
3D scanning for creating video game models
Benefits
Depending on complexity, you can use 3D scanning to turn people or objects into high-poly video game models hours or even days quicker than with digital sculpting.
With Artec 3D scanning, you can create remarkably detailed 3D models of real items with a resolution of up to 0.1 mm, perfect for building out immersive virtual worlds.
Recreate props, people, and places as 3D models more faithfully than photogrammetry allows, at an accuracy of 50 microns.
Artec 3D scanning is so intuitive that developers can get to grips with the technology and start putting it to the test in less than two hours.
Capture an object’s true color with astonishing clarity, before turning scans into lifelike models with authentic patterns and textures.
With Artec 3D scanning, it’s possible to rapidly create 3D video game models of people and small objects in five minutes or less.
Applications
Prop digitization
Create true 1:1 digital versions of objects before adding visual effects like wear and shadows that help bring them to life. Rather than painstakingly building worlds from nothing, this allows studios to furnish them with faithfully reproduced props, including those of iconic franchises.
Create lifelike characters
Turn voice actors into characters with convincing, lifelike mannerisms for video games, as well as TV and film VFX. Using these digital doubles, studios can push boundaries by creating scenes that were previously too dangerous or elaborate for human actors to pull off.
Stunning 3D worlds
Replicate entire real-life locations in the digital world with incredible accuracy using Artec 3D scanning. These scans can either be utilized as reference points, or as a basis for authentic in-game 3D environments.
Push graphical limits
Capture the imagination of the world’s growing army of gamers with titles that feature incredibly realistic graphics, and take audience immersion to the next level.
Success story
Developer drastically drives down the development time of futuristic, incredibly lifelike online shooter with Artec 3D scanning
Digitizing each real-world object previously took The Farm 51 up to two days, but it can now do so in a few hours or less.
“Each object, whether it’s a face or body, weapon or vehicle, features varying degrees of complexity and detail. We simply combined the scans of the Leo and Space Spider. This way, when our character artists get the ready 3D models, all the amazing detail is there.”
In the media
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Artec 3D hardware
User-friendly portable 3D scanner with an inbuilt touchscreen and intuitive UI for easy 3D scanning.
| Scanner type | Handheld |
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Object size
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M, L |
| Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
A metrological structured-light 3D scanner, set apart with its ability to render complex geometry, sharp edges, and thin ribs in high precision.
| Scanner type | Handheld |
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Object size
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S |
| Accuracy | up to 0.05 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.1 mm |
Our bestselling 3D scanner. Fast, versatile, and accurate.
| Scanner type | Handheld |
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Object size
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M, L |
| Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
Metrology-grade desktop 3D scanner for quality control, inspection, jewelry, medical/dental components, etc.
| Scanner type | Desktop |
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Object size
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XS |
| Accuracy | up to 0.01 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.029 mm |
Powerful long-range laser 3D scanner for precise capture of massive objects with remarkable speed and high accuracy.
| Scanner type | Long-range |
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Object size
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L, XL |
| 3D point accuracy, up to | 1.9 mm @ 10 m |
| Resolution | 3 / 6 / 12 mm @ 10 m |
Artec 3D software
Easily turn 3D mesh data into realistic-looking models with Artec Studio, an AI-powered, user-friendly software that enables seamless scan texturing, alignment, and fusion.
3D data capture
3D scanning isn’t just great for VFX and gaming digitization in theory, it’s already being used in these areas. Check out some examples of the models Artec 3D scanners can deliver.
What’s the next step?
Talk to an expert
Talk to an expert and find out how our 3D scanners can improve your video game development workflow.
Request a demo
Online or in person, our partners around the world are ready to walk you through a demo and explain the benefits Artec 3D products have to offer.
Level up with faster, more efficient 3D asset digitization
Hyper-authentic weaponry created for online FPS with Artec 3D scanning
Frightfully realistic VFX brings demon to life in Sleepy Hollow
Studio unlocks special effect innovation with the Eva and Space Spider
Scanned with Artec 3D technology
Develop digital twins with incredible pace and accuracy
For creating 3D models at high speed
Looking to accelerate the process of digitizing people, products, or places? Look no further than Artec Leo, the world’s first wireless, AI-driven 3D scanner.
Rapid, AI-powered scanning
Artec Leo packs an AI supercomputer that only picks up the data you need, doing so with exceptional speed and efficiency.
Scan with 100% freedom
Thanks to its 5” HD touch panel, users can scan more easily with the wireless Artec Leo without having to constantly check progress via a monitor.
For accessible object digitization
Adopters of all experience levels will find it easy to scan small to medium-sized objects with pace and precision using Artec Eva.
Unlock high definition
Thanks to Artec Eva and Leo’s HD Mode, users are able to capture little, thin-surfaced objects with reduced noise at a resolution of up to 0.2 mm.
Flexible, lightweight, portable
Weighing in at just 0.9 kg, Artec 3D’s highly versatile bestseller makes it easy to scan objects of various shapes and sizes.
For up-close precision scanning
Use the Artec Space Spider to create full-color 3D models of both small items and areas of larger, more intricate objects, with incredible accuracy.
Render every ridge
Capture even the most intricate parts of complex objects in stunning detail, at a resolution of just 0.1mm – enough to render your own fingerprint!
Scale by bundle-scanning
For scanning at a microscale
Make your virtual world authentic right down to the last detail, by filling it with tiny props digitized precisely with the help of Artec Micro.
Digitize with amazing accuracy
Create exact digital replicas of small, intricate objects like jewelry with an incredibly precise point accuracy of up to 10 microns.
Automate model-making
For rapid, long-range data capture
Capture at a truly colossal scale and rapidly create stunningly realistic full-color scans of massive objects, landscapes, and infrastructure using the Artec Ray II.
Scan at a new scale
The Ray II’s 2 million pts/s capture speed and up to 130-meter working distance accelerates the process of turning environments, vehicles, or buildings into realistic models, and unlocks new possibilities at scale.
Quick and easy to deploy
Light, easy to mount, and fitted with a built-in display, the self-sufficient Ray II can quickly be deployed anywhere you need it, to capture cars and aircraft in minutes or digitize entire buildings in hours.
Artec 3D software
Which 3D scanner will work best for you?
User-friendly portable 3D scanner with an inbuilt touchscreen and intuitive UI for easy 3D scanning.
| Scanner type | Handheld |
|
Object size
|
M, L |
| Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
A metrological structured-light 3D scanner, set apart with its ability to render complex geometry, sharp edges, and thin ribs in high precision.
| Scanner type | Handheld |
|
Object size
|
S |
| Accuracy | up to 0.05 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.1 mm |
Our bestselling 3D scanner. Fast, versatile, and accurate.
| Scanner type | Handheld |
|
Object size
|
M, L |
| Accuracy | up to 0.1 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.2 mm |
Metrology-grade desktop 3D scanner for quality control, inspection, jewelry, medical/dental components, etc.
| Scanner type | Desktop |
|
Object size
|
XS |
| Accuracy | up to 0.01 mm |
| Resolution | up to 0.029 mm |
Powerful long-range laser 3D scanner for precise capture of massive objects with remarkable speed and high accuracy.
| Scanner type | Long-range |
|
Object size
|
L, XL |
| 3D point accuracy, up to | 1.9 mm @ 10 m |
| Resolution | 3 / 6 / 12 mm @ 10 m |
Software that makes accurate 3D modeling quick and effortless
Artec Studio
With this all-encompassing professional software, users can transform large data sets made up of simple, complex, and freeform shapes into lifelike digital replicas: Dedicated mesh-editing features give these models realistic textures – or you can export them to popular 3D design programs for further tweaking.
Easily edit textures
Artec Studio’s suite of texture-editing tools allow users to correct brightness, contrast, and other texture deviations between a target object and end-model.
Boost image realism
With Artec Studio Photo Registration, you can combine high-resolution professional camera photos and geometry data captured with incredible accuracy by Artec 3D scanners, to create ultra-realistic 3D models.
Streamline data processing
Accelerate your scan-to-mesh workflow with Artec Studio’s Autopilot. Answer a handful of questions, and the software will pick the most effective data processing algorithm for you.
Artec Cloud
Upload and store all your 3D scan data in the Artec Cloud to streamline the process of producing lifelike models, whether for CGI in TV and movies, or for video games.
Faithfully bringing objects into the virtual world as 3D scans
Your object in 3D
To see how your object will look in 3D, get in touch to arrange a time for us to show you how!