Hardware

A 3D scanner in every pocket?
Time-of-Flight (ToF) cameras have burst into the smartphone market as manufacturers see the potential for…

Rugged Trimble T7 tablet is built for flexibility in the field
To increase the ease of use for field applications, Trimble has announced a new tablet…

Occipital announces new iPad-mounted, do-it-all 3D scanner for $399
There are scanners out there that are purpose-built to scan buildings or outdoor spaces, and…

FARO Cobalt Design Structured Light Scanners bring small details into living color
The newly-announced Cobalt Design Structured Light Scanner family from FARO offers broad 3D data capture…

Leica’s new manual construction total stations streamline BIM workflows
Leica Geosystems has released two new manual construction total stations, the iCON iCB50 and iCB70.…

GeoCue announces the industry’s first drone lidar/imagery fusion sensor
GeoCue’s new drone lidar/imagery sensor is also the first release in a new line of…

New “Cheetah” lidar hopes to improve autonomous vehicle safety
After its successful $30M Series A round of funding, Innovusion has just announced the release…

Second-generation vMS3D from Viametris weighs only 9kg
Viametris has announced a major update to its innovative vMS3D vehicle-mounted scanner that uses multiple…

Leica embraces Frank Lloyd Wright’s experimental spirit to scan “Taliesin West”
An innovative effort to accurately model the complex architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home…

Matterport Partners with EMC to bring 3D capture technologies into loss control and claims management
Matterport, a leading 3D capture technology and data company has partnered with EMC Insurance Companies…

Microsoft’s Hololens 2 gives Airbus an inside look with mixed reality
Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled the new, cheaper and upgraded HoloLens 2. Airbus, the aerospace…

Sense Photonics raises $26M for ‘flash’ lidar for vehicles and robotic applications
The autonomous vehicle perception system market just got a little bigger: Sense Photonics has announced…