Kiri Engine 3.14 adds AI-enhanced Lidar scanning
Kiri Innovations has added AI-enhanced Lidar scanning to Kiri Engine, its 3D scanning app for Android and iOS.
The new AI-Enhanced Scene Scan processes Lidar data captured on iOS devices in the cloud, applying new machine learning techniques to generate cleaner, more detailed scans.
A free AI-enhanced 3D scanning app for Android as well as Apple phones
First released in 2022, Kiri Engine – strictly, it’s styled ‘KIRI Engine’ – is a 3D scanning app for Android and iOS devices.
It began as a photogrammetry tool, reconstructing 3D models from source photos of real-world objects, and uses AI techniques for object masking and noise removal.
Recent updates have added support for Neural Surface Reconstruction, 3D Gaussian Splatting and Lidar scanning on compatible iOS devices: recent Pro model iPhones and iPads.
Pro accounts: process raw Lidar Scene Scans in the cloud to remove noise
The 3.14 update extends those Lidar capabilities, introducing an extra processing step to refine the raw scan data, which is usually much lower-quality than that captured with a professional laser scanner.
It makes use of two new machine learning models: StableNormal, for estimating surface normals from source images; and Prompt Depth Anything for depth estimation.
The extra step reduces noise in the scan data, and improves resolution of small details: you can see before-and-after comparisons in the video at the top of the story.
AI processing is primarily intended for use with Kiri Engine’s Scene Scan mode, for capturing entire environments – for example, for quickly scanning a set during a live shoot as later reference for VFX work.
Although Lidar scanning, including Scene Scan, is available with free Basic accounts, the cloud processing requires a paid Pro subscription.
Pricing and system requirements
Kiri Engine is available for Android 7.0+ and iOS/iPadOS 16.1+.
The app itself is free to download. Free Basic accounts include photogrammetry, Lidar scanning, and Object Capture, and can export three 3D scans from the cloud per week.
Pro accounts cost $17.99/month or $79.99/year, and make it possible to export an unlimited number of scans, and unlock advanced features, including the 3DGS toolset.
Read more about Kiri Engine’s new AI-enhanced Lidar Scene Scans
Download Kiri Engine for Android from Google Play
Download Kiri Engine for iOS from the iOS App Store
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