Leica Geosystems has unveiled Cyclone 3DR, which uses AI tools to make it easier for users to work with complex lidar scan data in the creation of digital assets. As a result, more users are able to use lidar data for this purpose, as the tools negate the need forspecialized technical expertise in making the data usable.

Lidar has been used extensively across a wide range of industries, including entertainment in the creation of digital environments. Although lidar scans can capture extremely detailed scenes and environments with utmost precision, they are notoriously data-heavy, making it too difficult for many to take advantage of the technology. However, with the new Cyclone 3DR from Leica Geosystems, users can leverage the tool’s proprietary AI features to simplify and streamline the editing and asset creation process resulting from the complex scans, thus enabling more people to benefit from the use of lidar scan data.

Using the new AI tools within Cyclone 3DR, users can work directly within the lidar scans, edit and remove unwanted objects such as vehicles, trees, industrial structures, etc., and export them in any file format to create a personal library of photorealistic, scalable assets. First, though, those objects have to be identified, which Cyclone 3DR does automatically from an uploaded scan.

According to Leica, Cyclone 3DR pairs with an Nvidia RTX Pro GPU to enable AI-powered features such as AI Classification, for identifying points and classifying groups into recognizable assets, and the AI Segmenter tool, for editing (or removing) an object.

Six AI-powered models are available, four of which are for commercial use cases—including heavy construction, indoor construction sites, industrial plants, and roads—while two others cover more general indoor and outdoor environments.

Cyclone 3DR was designed for the Leica 3D laser scanner portfolio but is hardware agnostic.

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