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The AI fixed my dead 3D scanner software and it works again

His 3D Systems Sense 2 scanner had no working software left, since the maker and the other scanner apps had all dropped support. The AI updated the program he uses so modern RTX graphics cards work and found a data limit that capped his sensor at half its native resolution, and he later posted that it works.

How it works

  1. The AI updates his scanner program to enable modern RTX graphics cards
  2. Finds an arbitrary data limit capping the sensor at half its native resolution
  3. Test runs with screenshots
  4. He confirms it works

Why it’s worth knowing

The scanner had no supported software at all, and the AI not only made it run on new graphics cards but found a hidden limit that had been holding the sensor to half its resolution.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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