Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)
Vercator: Automatic point cloud registration that’s faster and more reliable
Correvate promises to register your 3D point cloud with a minimum of user input, without the need for targets, and up to 80% reduction in registration time—all without sacrificing accuracy or quality in the final data.
Shining 3D releases two high-res handheld 3D scanners, partners with Siemens PLM for advanced engineering software
The new Shining 3D and Siemens PLM software includes reverse engineering, generative design, and simulation together with a CAD tool, all in one platform.
ContextCapture adds DIY machine learning object recognition, auto alignment, more
Given that Bentley focuses a lot of its energy on civil infrastructure, an industry notoriously…
Trimble Dimensions: Mixed reality, point-cloud to CAD processing, and some unexpected enthusiasm
Trimble Dimensions 2018 showcased a company at the cutting edge of mixed-reality technology for 3D users. Sam was pleasantly surprised.
Virtual Surveyor 6.1 turns drone point clouds into CAD models in just a few steps
Virtual Surveyor is designed to help users create surveys from drone data. This week, the…
Revizto: A look into the future of 2D/3D data fusion and collaboration
Marry a software developer with a keen ear for pain points and a robust industry looking for solutions and you get Revizto, a visualization tool that does a lot more than just visualize.
Imerso lands $2m seed, partners with Leica Geosystems
2018 has been a pretty good year for the Oslo-based construction startup.
Cintoo’s clever point-cloud streaming tool now available
It turns point clouds into meshes for much faster transfer and greatly improved viewing, but can totally reverse those meshes back into point clouds on the receiving end
iPhones may include active 3D sensors for object scanning by 2020
A trustworthy analyst is calling it.
Varjo lands $31 million Series B for high-res VR and MR headset
Varjo thinks “resolution is the revolution,” which explains exactly what the company wants to offer compared to other current VR/MR products.
Kaarta’s Stencil 2 release offers a lot more than a new compact mobile lidar
Though the changes include the kinds of updates you might expect—better hardware, improved accuracy, easier workflow and so on—the updates to the UI and processing are the real stars of the show.
SBG’s latest INS aims for simple sensor fusion in aerial and mobile mapping
The Navsight processing unit at the center of the solution handles a lot of sensor fusion for you.