Hardware
SLAM Technology brings WWI Tunnels to Life
A recent partnership between GeoSLAM with Virginia Polytechnic Institute shows how reality capture and VR can take people back to experience the little-known story of mining warfare in World War One.
Toposens’ 3D ultrasonic sensor brings close-range sensing to robotics
Toposens’ sensor technology uses sound to support a robust, low-cost and precise short-range 3D vision…
Artec smart turntable streamlines 3D scans of small objects
Artec 3D’s smart turntable is integrated with its 3D handheld scanner and data processing software, enabling faster and more streamlined scanning of small objects.
Ouster announces new line of ultra-wide short-range lidar
At CES 2020, Ouster announced a completely new category of short-range lidar sensors, and a…
You can fly, drive, or walk with the Lidaretto mobile lidar platform
Flexibility was the primary goal when the surveying engineers behind Slovakian-based company Geotech decided to…
Intel joins the lidar market with tiny power-efficient lidar camera system
Well-known chip maker Intel has announced the release of the L515, the company’s first lidar…
Varjo mixes 2D and 3D in VR for an ‘Infinite Desktop’ experience
A notable trend for VR and AR companies in 2019 was to commit to developing…
32 channel lidar for $8K – Ouster’s newest hardware finds a sweet spot
Following up on the release of the OS1-128 earlier this year, Ouster has introduced another…
HoloBuilder and Boston Dynamics launch SpotWalk for autonomous reality capture
Construction progress management is going to the dogs. Well, the robotic dogs anyway. HoloBuilder, a…
HoloLens 2 is here – and ready to get to work with SYNCHRO XR
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that the HoloLens 2 – their “mixed reality” smart glass…
New Trimble R12 receiver boosts surveying performance in “challenging” GNSS environments
Trimble has announced a new addition to its lineup of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)…
Xaxxon’s OpenLIDAR sensor is tiny, inexpensive and open source
Xaxxon’s OpenLIDAR Sensor is a rotational laser scanner with open source software and hardware, intended…