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SiteSee shows how AI will fully automate 3D model analysis
SiteSee has made a name for itself by using machine learning to perform accurate object recognition against 3D reality models. The company sends up UAVs to capture a reality model of your large...
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Are meshes making point-cloud animation pointless?
After a very busy first quarter, I finally had time to make some much-needed new marketing materials. This had me spending too much of the last month looking for the latest on rendering point clouds...
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NCTech releases iSTAR Pulsar for capturing huge amounts of 360° data in 11k
About a year ago, Google formed a partnership with NCTech that saw the Scottish company supplying visual-capture hardware to gather data for Street View. The device in question, the iSTAR Pulsar, was...
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Hangar and Esri partner to offer on-demand reality data within ArcGIS
It’s temping to think of Hangar Technology as a drone service provider, but that would be a gross oversimplification. Senior director of marketing Joshua Meler describes Hangar as offering the “world’s...
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What you need to know about Euclideon’s Hologram Table at SPAR 3D ’18
Earlier this year, Euclideon debuted its latest futurist technology, a Star-Wars-style hologram table that can show 3D images to two users simultaneously. Though some of you might find it unbelievable...
View ArticleHexagon acquires AutonomouStuff
Just over a week in advance of its HXGN Live user conference, Hexagon has announced its acquisition of AutonomouStuff, a leading supplier of autonomous vehicle hardware and software solutions. The...
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Do AR/VR offer enough value to justify their own line item?
This year’s SPAR 3D event probably had the most use of virtual reality headsets and domes—both on the conference stage and exhibition floor—that I have seen at any other geomatics- or...
View ArticleOrbit GT’s 3D Mapping Cloud continues to improve
With commercial 3D technology in 2018, convergence is the name of the game. In the past, you might have had to purchase separate applications for each cutting-edge processing technology you wanted to...
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ASTRALiTe made a drone-ready topo-bathy lidar
For industries like AEC and asset operation the drone offers a relatively inexpensive way to get the necessary data for gathering dimensions, generating 3D models, tracking progress, and doing regular...
View ArticleMobiLive makes it easy to view BIM on a tablet
After introducing the HoloLive AR App for HoloLens last year, VisualLive recently released MobiLive. Just like HoloLive, MobiLive allows you to place true scale BIM models on site coordinates, and...
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Rapid, safe 3D capture of underground utilities reduces risk for construction...
This post originally appeared on Geoff’s blog, Between the Poles. As a follow-up to an exciting presentation at the SPAR3D / AEC NEXT 2018 event in Anaheim, I had the opportunity for a very...
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Nomoko is building a cm-accuracy digital twin of the world—and a platform to...
After three years of research and development, and a few unexpected unpivots, the Zurich-based 3D tech company Nomoko is ready for prime time. Nomoko might seem hard to place in the existing 3D market,...
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Ouster’s lidar is a “camera”—which means great things for deep learning and...
Users of remote sensing tech love to discuss the tradeoffs of using 3D sensors or 2D sensors for the purpose at hand. In some cases, it can be hard to choose. Ouster gained a lot attention earlier this...
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LiBackpack: versatile mobile lidar solutions (complete with machine-learning...
It wasn’t long ago that the idea of a laser-scanner that captured as you walk seemed like a dream. Now, it’s a growing market segment with a few brand-new additions: Berkeley-based Greenvalley...
View ArticleFARO put its Focus lidar on a UAV for wide-area scanning
The picture may seem like a Photoshop joke, but it’s very real. In fact, companies like Belgian firm Think 3D have been mounting FARO Focus lidar scanners on STORMBEE UAVs for at least a year and...
View ArticleShining 3D announces two wireless handheld 3D scanners
China-based Shining 3D recently announced two new wireless handheld 3D scanners at the International Manufacturing Trade Show (IMTS) 2018. With an extensive background in the 3D digitizing and printing...
View ArticleNM Group researching machine learning for extracting complex powerline...
NM Group, a provider of asset management, survey and mapping solutions for the power sector, is exploring the use of machine learning and deep learning approaches to improve automatic feature...
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Bentley iTwin Services connect your 3D and engineering data to create...
At Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2018, the company announced a number of individual product updates. But the big news was Bentley’s new iTwin Services, a platform that combines a number of new and...
View ArticleBentley goes open source to enable build-your-own digital twin solutions
This post originally appeared on Zeiss’ blog “Between the Poles.” Here, Zeiss digs into Bentley’s open source initiative, which enables customers to build their own digital twin solutions using...
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Why there were so many drones at the Intergeo trade fair
INTERGEO is the world’s largest event for geodesy, geoinformation, and land management. The event, which combines a conference and trade fair, drew more than 19,000 thousand visitors and 640 different...
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