PixVox vs specimen · renato.design

PixVox simplifies the process of voxel modeling, allowing you to create detailed 3D voxel models from your photos or saved images with just a few taps. Imagine capturing an object in the real world and turning it into a voxel-based creation in minutes! Key Features: - Instant Voxel Creation: Generate voxel models easily from any 2D image. However, the subject in the image must clearly stand out from the background. - Versatile Export Options: Export your models in a wide range of formats, including .vox, .ply, .usdz, .stl, .glTF, .dae, .fbx (ASCII), and .obj. Whether you're working on 3D printing, game development, or any other creative project, PixVox has you covered. - Compatibility: Requires iOS 17 or later. - Optimized Performance: Tested for smooth performance on iPhone 12 Pro and 15 Pro models. - MagicaVoxel Note: Exported models adopt the default MagicaVoxel color palette, which may differ slightly from the original image colors within PixVox. Unlock your creativity and bring your voxel models to life with PixVox! Download now and start transforming your photos into 3D masterpieces.

specimen is a 3D scanning app for iPhone that treats the captured object as a specimen — worth describing, worth situating, worth demystifying. You point the phone at a thing. You walk around it. You flip it over. You capture the bottom. The app produces a mesh you can open in Rhino, Blender, or any 3D software. Witness describes what was captured in clinical language. A registrar's voice. Surface reads as glazed ceramic. Bottom not captured. Approximately fourteen centimeters across. Afterwords is six voices from the dead. Sōetsu Yanagi speaks on the beauty of humble objects. Walter Benjamin speaks on what scanning itself is — what aura means when an object is captured. D'Arcy Thompson speaks on the forces that made the form. Roland Barthes speaks on the detail that pierces the viewer. George Kubler speaks on where this object sits in its class. Vilém Flusser speaks on the gesture of capture. Concordance names the mechanism, not the marketing term. Light detection and ranging. Infrared pulses. Time of flight. Structured light. Photogrammetry. Triangulation. Exports in millimeters, Z-up — the Rhino-default design-studio convention. Switchable to inches for the truly stubborn or architects among you. Share a capture package as a .zip and AirDrop it to a Mac running the free specimen Companion for full-detail reconstruction Apple only exposes on macOS. Requirements: iPhone with LiDAR (iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro / Pro Max). Apple Intelligence–capable device if you want the voices to speak on-device; the app falls back cleanly otherwise. No cloud. No account. No credits. No subscription. Built for students and makers as a tool for contemplative work. specimen is part of renato.design, a creative research practice authored through Iterative LLM Co-Authorship — a collaboration between Phil Renato and Claude (Anthropic). Released as a research artifact, not commercial software. See the disclaimer in Settings → About for details.