Revopoint POP 4 Kickstarter blends blue laser and infrared scanning

Revopoint put the POP 4 on Kickstarter with a pitch that speaks directly to the awkward jobs in a maker’s workflow: shiny parts, dark surfaces, deep recesses and the kind of small objects that are easier to scan than to rebuild from scratch. The hybrid handheld scanner combines blue laser scanning with near-infrared structured light, giving it a split personality that aims to cut down the usual tradeoff between fine detail and broad, fast capture.

The campaign launched on May 7, and by May 12 Kickstarter showed $1,210,847 pledged from 1,599 backers. Super Early Bird pricing started at $579, while the listed MSRP is $919. Revopoint says the campaign runs until June 6 at 6:00 a.m. PDT, with rewards shipping at the end of June and carrying a two-year warranty. For anyone weighing a crowdfunding hardware buy, that timeline matters as much as the spec sheet.

On paper, POP 4 looks built for the jobs that usually expose the limits of consumer scanners. Revopoint says it supports five modes, Full-Field HD, VCSEL Rapid, Hybrid HD, 30-Cross Blue Laser Lines and Single-Line Deep Hole. The company lists up to 0.03 mm single-frame accuracy in multi-line laser mode, 0.08 mm in full-field structured light and 0.10 mm in VCSEL structured light at 300 to 500 mm, with volumetric accuracy listed as 0.03 mm + 0.05 mm × L (m). It also says laser scanning can run at up to 105 fps and that the scanner can handle outdoor work in lighting up to 100,000 lux.

That mix is what gives the POP 4 its hobby appeal. A replacement clip that snapped off a machine, a cosplay piece that needs to match a real-world curve, a figurine with surface detail you want to preserve, or a bracket that has to be measured before a redesign all benefit from the same thing: less time fighting capture and more time cleaning the mesh for printing. Revopoint says its blue-laser mode can capture shiny metallic details without scanning spray, while VCSEL Rapid can scan workpieces and people up to 800 mm away, marker-free, in direct sunlight. The scanner also supports smartphone scanning and up to 4 hours of portable wireless operation.

Revopoint is not treating POP 4 as a first swing at crowdfunding. The company says this is its ninth Kickstarter campaign and its 21st major product launch. It is also part of a broader anniversary push that includes the MetroY Ultra, which helps explain why Revopoint is positioning POP 4 as a versatile middle ground rather than a pure metrology tool or a basic consumer scanner. On its current product lineup, POP 3 Plus starts at $526, MINI 2 at $705 and MetroX and MetroX Pro at $849, placing POP 4 in the middle of a lineup that stretches from portable hobby gear to more specialized systems.

For makers who already know when scanning beats modeling by hand, the pitch is clear: use the scanner when the object already exists, the geometry is messy and the real job is getting to a printable mesh fast. POP 4 is betting that a hybrid capture pipeline can make that step less painful.