Orbiar Scan vs SpatialCapture

Capture photogrammetry‑ready image sets with your iPhone. Orbiar Scan turns your iPhone into a professional 3D capture terminal for photogrammetry workflows. It is designed to feed clean, consistent image sets into your Mac‑based reconstruction pipeline (e.g. PhotogrammetrySession), so you can focus on your assets instead of fighting noisy data. The app is built on native iOS frameworks like ARKit, AVFoundation and CoreMotion to get the most out of your device’s camera and motion sensors, on both LiDAR and non‑LiDAR models. Who is it for? 3D artists and game studios capturing props, products and environment assets Design, VFX and visualization teams who need repeatable, high‑quality capture for their 3D pipelines Researchers and photogrammetry enthusiasts who want more control than a simple camera roll provides Key capabilities AR‑guided orbital capture Orbiar Scan tracks your device in 3D space using ARKit and motion data, helping you move around the object on stable orbits and maintain a good distance. You see how well you are covering the subject while you shoot. Smart auto‑triggering based on movement Instead of fixed‑interval shooting, the app can trigger photos when your position or viewing angle changes enough to add real value to the dataset. This reduces redundant frames and helps avoid coverage gaps around the object. Locked‑in optical settings for consistency During a capture session, focus, exposure and white balance can be locked through AVFoundation so each frame looks consistent. This minimizes flicker and color shifts that often hurt photogrammetry quality. Rich camera metadata and calibration info When available, camera calibration data (intrinsics, principal point, distortion parameters, etc.) is stored alongside your images. Your Mac reconstruction tools can use this information to better model the lens and improve geometric accuracy. Haptic feedback while capturing Subtle haptic cues confirm when the app takes a frame, so you can keep your eyes on the object instead of the shutter button. This gives the capture flow a precise, professional feel. Orbital map with quality hints An on‑screen orbital map shows your coverage around the object and can highlight frames that might be low‑light or blurry. You get a quick, visual sense of whether you should reshoot certain angles before you leave the scene. Made for Mac photogrammetry pipelines Orbiar Scan is not “just another camera app.” It is designed as the front end of your 3D pipeline, producing datasets that slot directly into Mac‑side tools such as PhotogrammetrySession and other reconstruction solutions. The combination of AR‑aware guidance, optical locking and structured metadata means: Cleaner textures with fewer lighting jumps More stable geometry with better camera estimation Less manual cleanup and fewer reshoots If you rely on iOS and macOS for 3D production, Orbiar Scan gives you a focused capture tool that speaks the same native language as your reconstruction stack.

Turn an iPhone or iPad into a camera for agents. SpatialCapture records the visual and sensor evidence that external AI tools, Blender scripts and reconstruction workflows need to understand a real scene. Make one take, then share one documented ZIP containing video, calibrated camera movement, timestamps and the sensors you selected. WORKS WITH OR WITHOUT LIDAR Every supported ARKit device records video and a calibrated camera pose for each accepted frame. A device with a LiDAR Scanner also records measured scene depth and confidence. On a standard iPhone or iPad, the same workflow produces a pose-and-sensor package without invented depth. CAPTURE • Select the physical 0.5× ultra-wide or 1× wide camera when both are available • Video with optional microphone audio • Calibrated camera positions, orientations, intrinsics and timestamps • Optional gyroscope, accelerometer, gravity and device orientation • Optional GPS coordinates, altitude, speed and accuracy when available • LiDAR scene depth, confidence and matched color references when supported EXPORT FOR AGENTS AND BLENDER Export a ZIP containing the movie, frame-by-frame JSONL metadata, sensor streams, a readable manifest, a README and a Blender Python importer. LiDAR takes also include lossless depth buffers and color reference images. Recordings remain available in the Files app. The bundled Blender importer creates an animated camera from every take. For LiDAR captures, it also creates measured surface patches. Use the package as source evidence for manual modeling or with an external reconstruction agent you choose. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, subscription, advertising or automatic upload. GPS is off by default. Everything stays on your device until you use the system share sheet. SpatialCapture has no built-in AI service and does not send recordings to a developer server. FOR BEST RESULTS The app starts with the 0.5× ultra-wide camera when ARKit supports it, giving agents more scene context in each frame. You can switch to 1× before recording. Move slowly around still subjects and capture several angles. Pose-only captures do not contain measured geometry. LiDAR can miss glass, reflections, distant surfaces and hidden areas. GPS provides approximate geographic context; it does not register the ARKit world to a map. Requires an ARKit world-tracking iPhone or iPad with iOS/iPadOS 26 or later. The recorder uses an available HD format, preferably 30 FPS. It does not record 120/240 FPS slow motion or create a finished 3D model on the device. Privacy: https://www.carspecslab.com/docs/spatialcapture-privacy.html Support: https://www.carspecslab.com/docs/spatialcapture-support.html