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Emesent releases Hovermap, a payload that turns your UAV into a powerful autonomous mapper (that doesn’t need GPS)
Combine a single lidar sensor and five years of R&D, and you’ll get a UAV payload that gives your drone advanced autonomous mapping super powers.

RIEGL has the next-gen lidar for your airborne, UAV, and land-based scanning needs
RIEGL offers high-quality lidar solutions that are purpose-built for a wide range of demanding applications.

Cepton adds two lidars to its low-cost Vista line for autonomous vehicles
Double the FoV.

Intel introduces $199 RealSense 3D sensor for robot (and UAV?) SLAM
Get SLAM for little money, little power, and less compute.

Allvision: Connecting digital twins and ultra-intelligent data processing to change how we consume mobile 3D
Allvision’s platform hopes to make it possible for anyone to process mobile lidar and imagery data at scale. “We want to make it pretty much idiot proof to extract information from huge amounts of sensor data.”

Livox announces $600 lidar for autonomous vehicles, UAV mapping, and more–and it’s shipping now
A very affordable sensor–if it’s the right tool for your application.

Drag and drop survey-grade data from Delair’s DX11 into Trimble Business Center
In the past, our greatest challenge may have been to get the data we needed.…

Arvizio’s MR Studio: The enterprise mixed-reality platform for point clouds and CAD is now available for Magic Leap
For those lucky few of you who have access to a Magic Leap headset, or…

CES 2019: Dimenco’s hi-res 3D TV tech could make volumetric displays a mass-market item
By being in the right place, at the right time, one company might have discovered the secret to a hi-res 3D display that everyone can afford.

RED teases 3D video camera for its smartphone
Capture and view 3D video in real time, with no headset or special glasses.

Blackmore to release a new doppler lidar and lidar-development kit
Two new products make it easier than ever to use a uniquely powerful lidar technology.

Ouster starts 2019 with a new $18k 128-channel lidar, offering big benefits for 3D mapping
128 channels without a size, cost, or weight penalty? Make a handheld lidar, strap it on your car or UAV, and get mapping.