Do you have an app idea? Of course you do - everyone does! And now with the thousands of hours of free tutorials, gigabytes of projects, hundreds of communities - not to mention powerful AI assistants like Claude - it's never been easier to build an app. Except for one thing - if you want to scan people, you need your app to use Computer Vision technology, and that’s not common or easily addressable by AI (AI’s are only as good as what they’re fed, after all, and while Claude has ingested thousands of apps, only a fraction of those were scanning apps).
But don’t worry - You can be one of the many who have built their own App with Structure Technology, gotten it into the app store, and gotten paid for doing so. And you can get there in 60 days. Here is how:
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- Day 1: Consultation- We meet with you and discuss your app idea, including why you need to scan, what sensors you use to scan, what the final product would be, and what level of scan quality you need to create that product. After we learn more about your project, we recommend a plan.
- ScanDeck - Each plan includes Scandeck, a sample app that you can build the rest of your application on top of. ScanDeck has optimized scanning modes for feet, heads, small objects, rooms, and more.
- Day 2 - Kickoff - Once you select a plan, we meet with you to talk through Scandeck and how it works. We also recommend starting settings - Scandeck allows users to change settings on the fly, but in most cases, you’ll only be doing that in development, locking a scanningconfiguration file in place as soon as possible.
- Day 10 - Testing - We work together to test your scanning application to make sure that it will return the scans you need. Once we know we can repeatedly give accurate scans, the scanning settings can be configured by a file and customer facing options can be removed.
- Day 15 - Scanning Mode Prep - We work with you to take your ideal settings for scanning and build them into a custom single purpose app. This app will then become a ‘module’ within your larger app, that handles scanning and returns the file you need to your workflow.
- Day 25 - Buildout - Once the Scanning Section has been configured, we move to a supporting role, assisting with recommendations and further scanning testing. This is the point where all the rest of the app components are added - order forms, payment forms, Authentication, etc.
- Day 40 - Final Testing And Submission - We work with you to confirm everything is good to go and, if necessary, working with Apple to help your app being approved (A requirement for apps using the Structure Sensor 3).
Can anyone get an app done in 60 days?
If you have 60 days to develop an app, you can get it done in 60 days. We would recommend familiarizing yourself with (or asking Claude about) the following technologies.
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Swift/Swift UI - Structure Sensor apps need to be very close to the metal, i.e., you need to use Swift and SwiftUi to build an ios native app. Native means ‘does not require a simulator’. Tools like Flutter or React will create quality apps, but they require a simulator layer in order to run on iOS. And this puts them further from the metal, i.e., the computing centers. For many apps, that’s fine, but for apps that require access to onboard sensors and lots of graphic computations, it makes everything slower.
- Metal - Metal is the API (Application Programming Interface), used for graphical computations on iOS devices. Familiarity with this API is not required (the sample app and the SDK handle most of it), but we would recommend getting a bit familiar with it.
- AVFoundation - Again, an important API (this time for working with TrueDepth cameras) and managed by the app and the SDK, but a passing familiarity is recommended.
To Sum Up:
If you’re hoping to build an app that scans, measures, and is fun, now is the time. Just set up time with our team here:
Scan on!