RealityScan vs ReconstructMe

RealityScan creates detailed 3D models from images and laser scans using photogrammetry. Its desktop software provides an end-to-end pipeline for high-fidelity photorealistic models and precise point clouds at any scale. Listed tools include cleanup and optimization, image layers, scalable worldbuilding workflows, and workflow automation. RealityScan Mobile adds real-time point-cloud feedback, automatic capture, augmented-reality scaling, camera controls, and masking. Mobile models can be uploaded to Sketchfab or exported to the device for use in other 3D software. The mobile app is free on iOS and Android. Desktop installation requires the Epic Games Launcher and an Epic Games account; listed operating systems include 64-bit Windows 8/8.1/10/11 or Windows Server 2008+, and Ubuntu 24.04 or Fedora 39. Individuals and small businesses below $1 million USD in revenue in the past 12 months, educational institutions, and students can use the product for free. Other seats cost $1,250 a year and include updates for one year. A 30-day trial is available, with tutorials, guides, documentation, sample datasets, and community forums provided.

ReconstructMe is Windows software for real-time 3D scanning and reconstruction. Move a supported sensor around an object to digitize it, from a human face to an entire room. Scans use metric units and export to STL, OBJ, 3DS, or PLY. Color from the scanned object can be captured when the sensor supplies a color stream. Listed sensor families include ASUS Xtion, PrimeSense Carmine, and Microsoft Kinect, with Intel RealSense R200 and F200, Orbbec Astra and Astra L, and ASUS Xtion Pro and Xtio also supported. Its C-style SDK supports real-time and multi-sensor applications, OpenCL GPU scanning, mesh noise removal, hole closing, triangle reduction, and CSG operations. Marker detection and tracking can identify real-world positions or place a scan volume relative to a room marker. Unlicensed SDK output carries watermarks and mesh generation is delayed. A recent graphics card and driver are required for hardware-accelerated real-time computing. The non-commercial scanning application costs nothing.