Process, Power & Utilities
Bentley iTwin Services connect your 3D and engineering data to create flexible digital twins
The platform that combines a number of new and existing Bentley technologies to facilitate the creation of data-rich digital twins for your assets.
NM Group researching machine learning for extracting complex powerline features from lidar
The public and private partnership brings the company together with Durham University to bridge the gap between academic research and industry.
Shining 3D announces two wireless handheld 3D scanners
Metrology-grade scanning without wires.
FARO put its Focus lidar on a UAV for wide-area scanning
This solution may look like a Photoshop joke, but it’s very real.
LiBackpack: versatile mobile lidar solutions (complete with machine-learning classification)
Want one lidar? Want two? Prefer to hold the lidar like a torch sometimes? Greenvalley has you covered.
Ouster’s lidar is a “camera”—which means great things for deep learning and autonomy
Ouster is bringing camera and lidar functionality together in one sensor, with positive effects for deep learning.
Nomoko is building a cm-accuracy digital twin of the world—and a platform to help you use it
Nomoko makes an extremely hi-def camera and a fast processing pipeline, but these aren’t for sale. The company’s actual product is much more ambitious.
Rapid, safe 3D capture of underground utilities reduces risk for construction projects
A major breakthrough in underground detection enables projects to collect data about underground infrastructure at roadway speeds–scoring a point for construction safety and risk-reduction.
MobiLive makes it easy to view BIM on a tablet
A new navigator mode solves the issues plaguing tablet-based viewing.
ASTRALiTe made a drone-ready topo-bathy lidar
For industries like AEC and asset operation the drone offers a relatively inexpensive way to…
Orbit GT’s 3D Mapping Cloud continues to improve
With commercial 3D technology in 2018, convergence is the name of the game. In the…
Do AR/VR offer enough value to justify their own line item?
Are AR/VR headsets and domes worth the money? If all we are doing is looking at an environment or visualizing data, why do we need to walk around it–are our current solutions not enough?