Enough Ranting, What Is It? Shaper Origin is an augmented reality CNC router. The augmented portion is a suite of sensors and an onboard computer. You give it a few reference points on a surface ...

It didn’t to me at first, but then I visited the Shaper Tools office in San Francisco and they blew my mind with their flagship tool, Shaper Origin.

With help from a camera and computer chip, the Shaper Origin can carve wood, metal and plastic into anything from furniture to jewelry boxes.

If you've been itching to add AR to your DIY with a handheld CNC, you'll be happy to know that Shaper's Origin augmented reality power cutter will once again be available for purchase. Originally ...

Origin, Shaper’s first product, leverages computer vision and augmented reality to take the learning curve out of CNC machining. But before we dive too deep into the innovations this small team ...

Shaper doesn't think it has to be daunting, though: it's launching Origin, an augmented reality power cutter.