Disagree first, because we can do that without depth sensors, so no it isn&#x27;t necessary. You can already scan objects with 123D Catch from Autodesk. We can do dense RGB pointclouds from an iPhone from as little as 14 images:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;staging.pair3d.com&#x2F;pointcloud&#x2F;couch.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;staging.pair3d.com&#x2F;pointcloud&#x2F;couch.html</a><p>Also disagree slightly with your use case. For the amount of work it takes to get a quality 3D scan of something, even with a good IR depth system the benefit isn&#x27;t there for the user.<p>Besides, the ecosystem you describe relies much more on a robust segmentation system with very well trained data set. You can do that easier and better with a single or multiple pictures than you can with a 3D scan.