New Immersive 3D App is a PowerPoint for VR
Enterprise VR company WorldViz was at Autodesk University 2016 to demo their forthcoming communication platform for businesses, codenamed “Skofield.” After putting on a headset and picking up a...
View ArticleThe AL-500 Lidar is Small Enough for Fixed Installation, Comes with an API
California-based Acuity Technologies has announced the release of the AL-500 omnidirectional lidar. The AL-500 is an effort to push beyond the industrial and defense spaces where the company has...
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Using 3D Reality Meshes to Index Huge Amounts of Asset Information — And...
CONTENT SPONSORED BY BENTLEY Penn State University set out to create a virtual model of its campuses. This “Virtual Penn State” would act as a single interface into the numerous data sources the school...
View ArticleILMF 2017 Keynotes Announced
The organizers of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), the world’s leading technical conference and expo covering the newest airborne, terrestrial and underwater LiDAR as well as emerging...
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Low-Cost Lidar Changes the Game for Service Providers
As I have mentioned in past articles, I am no longer with SmartGeoMetrics (SGM) and have moved to a (predominately) engineering firm by the name of Ragan-Smith (RSA). While at SGM I had the luxury of...
View ArticleVR Meetings that Improve on the Real Thing
Tired of awkward interactions with your co-workers on Google hangouts? Good news: Mimesys has just released their Connect solution, which they call the “first holographic meeting platform.” To use it,...
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LiveStation: Real-Time Lidar Monitoring for Complex UAV Surveys
CONTENT SPONSORED BY YELLOWSCAN For the past few years YellowScan has offered standalone lidar units for high-accuracy UAV survey. At ILMF this year, the company is launching a perfect complement to...
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Esri’s Drone2Map 1.1 Adds One-Click Volume Measurements, Richer Data Products
Esri’s Drone2Map, released in 2016, is a software solution that processes UAV imagery for use in ArcGIS. It helps GIS users who lack the expertise to use complicated photogrammetry software, offering...
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City Model of the Future: Helsinki 3D+
With urban populations growing, development booming, and modeling technologies advancing at breakneck speed, it’s more important than ever to ask—What does the city model of today look like? You’d be...
View ArticleYellowScan LiveStation: Smart Software Design for UAV Survey
YellowScan is best known for its fully integrated UAV lidar systems, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t thinking about the software side, too. At ILMF 2017, YellowScan was on hand demonstrating...
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FindSurface: Real-Time, Automatic 3D Object Analysis for Mobile and AR Devices
CONTENT SPONSORED BY CURVSURF CurvSurf has been flying low on the 3D-tech radar since it was founded in 2013, but that’s about to change. At SPAR 3D 2017, the South Korean company will introduce its...
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Bentley Launches Major Reality Modeling Update: New Mobile App,...
CONTENT SPONSORED BY BENTLEY SYSTEMS At SPAR 3D 2017, Bentley Systems is releasing an extensive update to its reality modeling solutions, adding new options for capture, processing, visualizing, and...
View ArticleCost-Effective Geiger Mode Lidar for Mobile Mapping
AGERpoint is generally known for its work in precision agriculture, but the company was at SPAR 3D this year to show off its new Geiger-mode sensor. The GML100 differentiates itself from other...
View ArticleThis Giant Library of 3D Images will Teach Machines How to Recognize Objects
Computer vision applications have become shockingly adept at recognizing the content of images. Google’s “Quick, Draw” game, for instance, uses a neural net so sophisticated that it can guess what I’m...
View ArticleNew Reality Modeling Tech and the Fate of the Point Cloud
The commercial 3D technology market has expanded dramatically in the past few years. And it’s not just in one area, either, since we’ve seen exciting developments across the workflow—capture options...
View ArticleMaser Consulting to Offer UAS Lidar Services
Engineering design firm Maser Consulting recently entered the UAS service market. Maser says that UAS lidar data will be integrated with mobile and terrestrial lidar data to help the firm support more...
View ArticleTrimble Acquires NM Group for 3D Utility Visualization and Modeling
Yesterday, Trimble announced the acquisition of the Network Mapping Group Limited (NM Group) for an undisclosed sum. NM Group offers services across the 3D technology spectrum in the utilities space,...
View ArticleWiFi + Drones = 3D X-Ray Vision
Using only off-the-shelf drones, WiFi transceivers, and Tango-enabled tablets, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a way to perform 3D imaging of objects hidden by walls. As demonstrated by...
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Carmera Will Sell You Accurate, Up-to-Date 3D City Maps Gathered by Delivery...
NYC-based startup Carmera is primarily focused on the autonomous vehicle market, but its clever new business model is set to have big effects on the wider commercial 3D tech market. The company...
View ArticleLeica’s TruView Cloud Service Makes Publishing Reality Data Easy
With all the hubbub last week about Leica’s release of a Cyclone app designed to complement the BLK360, it may have escaped your notice that Leica also announced a TruView Cloud product. TruView Cloud...
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