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OpenSpace: 360° capture that’s Fitbit simple, and a step toward the job site analytics of the future
OpenSpace makes a case for using 360° cameras–not 3D scanners-for your regular capture duties on the job site.
RealityCapture: Photogrammetry software built for speed (and laser scans)
It promises to create models in minutes rather than days–all without a specialized laptop.
The Orbit GT 3D Mapping portfolio is getting a significant upgrade
Look for improved auto-recognition, new subscription tiers, vector-object search function, and a lot more.
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…
Paracosm’s PX-80 handheld lidar is fast and flexible enough to be your standalone scanner
Use the PX-80 as a standalone device in both indoor and outdoor environments, perform a full survey of a complex site without breaking out a second scanner.
How accurate is the marketing of accuracy in the reality capture world?
New players entering the market will naturally gravitate towards a more inexpensive option. This is where the issue of marketing tactics begins to surface.
Are meshes making point-cloud animation pointless?
Tools for rendering point-cloud animations to show off your work or communicate with clients have gone dormant over the past decade. Are meshes making point clouds obsolete?
Indoor Reality releases mobile 3D capture phone app, hardware
The tool is the most affordable entry point into the Indoor Reality platform.
NavVis M6: 6D SLAM for large-scale indoor lidar mapping
The next-gen mapper uses a more versatile type of SLAM to handle almost any kind of complex environment you throw at it, and return faster, better results in the process.
Matterport and BIMobject to offer “a complete alternative to BIM” for facilities management
Matterport is perhaps the best known among the young companies selling a new kind of…
Kaarta’s “Reality Layer” processes photorealistic models in your handheld scanning device
Kaarta is known as much for its line of handheld 3D-mapping devices as it is…
FARO’s BuildIT Construction is a QA/QC tool–and a sign of things to come
FARO wants you to think of it as a construction solutions provider.