I'd already been impressed by the first Revopoint POP, but the POP 2 left me speechless. Shiny ceramic, dark Baby Yoda eyes, a bearded troll covered in shells: it captured them all, and the prints made from the scans were near-perfect replicas.
What's new in the POP 2
This was my first video of 2022. It was meant to come out before Christmas, but the COVID situation kept me away from my studio. After a Kickstarter campaign, the POP 2 was on sale for around 700 euros. Revopoint was happy with my first review and sent me this one free of charge.
The key upgrades: 0.1 mm accuracy, up to 10 frames per second, and 0.15 mm point-cloud data that you turn into a mesh and then into a printable model. It works by projecting microstructured infrared light, invisible to the naked eye, and reading depth with two infrared cameras, while a separate RGB camera captures colour for texture mapping.
The box is premium again: a telescopic tripod, a turntable powered by three AAA batteries, a handheld phone holder, lots of cables and adapters, and something new I loved: a power bank so the scanner can run from your phone outdoors. At the time there wasn't yet a high-accuracy app for Android or iOS, but Revopoint promised it was coming very soon.
Putting it to the test
The first POP struggled with shiny and reflective surfaces, so that's what I tested. The sample bust from the box now showed details around the mouth that the POP 1 missed, and the textures are much deeper. A Baby Yoda with very dark eyes came out really well, both as a mesh and as a print. A ceramic snowman candle holder, scanned without even taking the candle out, came out with everything: the holes of the stars and even a little red paint mistake on its scarf.
My black beard is still a problem (I'd need white baby powder), but when I scanned my daughter Martina's face the result was really clear, good enough to put on an action figure or into a game. The last scan was a troll with a grey beard and shells on its back, full of dark areas. I printed it as a perfect one-to-one replica.
Printing the scans
I printed the scans at 0.2 mm in draft quality using Cura's new lightning infill, which keeps them light and cheap. A few supports were hard to remove, but the detail was beyond my expectations. On the software side, I found a beta of Handy Studio for my Mac that worked really well. With hardware this good, I'm sure the software will catch up.