If you need to create an interior 3D model of a building traditionally, this would be a time-consuming project. But now, thanks to a new laser and camera-fitted backpack, you can create 3D models of ...

Currently, if people wish to obtain a 3D model of an indoor environment, they have to send in a laser-scanning robot or cart that painstakingly makes its way through in a stop-and-start fashion.

While Google is busy mapping out the exterior world, where all our streets and buildings are, there hasn't been much work on the interior part of the whole thing. But, considering the amount of ...