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FREE (open) Lizard Scanner

Paused for a month or two. Calibration turned out to be more boring than cleaning, and after weeks of mad science projects the cleaning has been neglected for long enough. The app works as far as described below; the notes say exactly where it stopped. Issues and ideas are still welcome. The paper: Down the Lizard Hole , the whole reverse-engineering story in plain English (also in its own…

A new open-source lizard scanner app has been released, allowing users to utilize their Creality CR-Scan Lizard 3D scanner without the need for Creality's software. This standalone app offers a range of features, including live infrared pictures, automatic light adjustments, a wall test for rough depth calibration, live depth view, point-cloud export, and recordings.

The app is built on the foundations of Scantastic and the Lizard engine from Who Are YouUSB, and is designed to potentially integrate with Scantastic later on.

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