This paper presents the prototyping of a facilitating device for photogrammetric 3D acquisition with smartphones. It aims to deliver basic photogrammetry knowledge and a low-cost do-it-yourself alternative to commercial 3D scanning systems, consisting of interlocked laser cut parts and free third-party software. The proposed device was tested, and the resulting 3D model was qualitatively compared to those obtained by a handheld photogrammetry approach, a conoscopic laser scanning device, and a portable structured-light scanning device. The proposed device provides camera stabilization and homogenous distribution of image acquisition which result in improved 3D reconstruction quality, compared to a handheld approach.

This paper presents the prototyping of a facilitating device for photogrammetric 3D acquisition with smartphones. It aims to deliver basic photogrammetry knowledge and a low-cost do-it-yourself alternative to commercial 3D scanning systems, consisting of interlocked laser cut parts and free third-party software. The proposed device was tested, and the resulting 3D model was qualitatively compared to those obtained by a handheld photogrammetry approach, a conoscopic laser scanning device, and a portable structured-light scanning device. The proposed device provides camera stabilization and homogenous distribution of image acquisition which result in improved 3D reconstruction quality, compared to a handheld approach.