3D scanner helps create record-breaking art sculpture

In order to recreate art Jeff Koons' original balloon dog stainless steel sculpture, 3D scanning company NVision laser-scanned the art piece and produced a 3D computer-aided design (CAD) model of the dog, which Koons used to create several full-size sculptures in different colors, one of which just sold for $58.4 million! NVision's early model 3D scanner, the Digibot laser scanning system, was used to create scans of the dog, which were used to provide the exact dimensions needed to create the final series of full-size balloon dog sculptures >>>Read more.