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3D augmented reality on the web, for everyone

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Jon Peddie

Google is here to save the day. Google wants to popularize 3D on the web and on Android devices. The ...

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DJI to offer Bentley’s ContextCapture with its commercial Drones

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Kathleen Maher

Bentley and drone manufacturer DJI team up to add value to DJI's products.

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Sketchfab gives its 3D web viewer a virtual reality sidekick

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Randall Newton

Initially supporting Google Cardboard, Sketchfab’s “virtual cube” approach to 3D will soon extend to all leading VR headsets. When Sketchfab ...

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Cloud-based Cl3ver supports unconnected presentations for AEC and manufacturing

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Randall Newton

A new app for Windows and Apple devices can store cloud-based presentations locally.    The current update of Cl3ver—a cloud-based ...

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uMake brings sketch-model paradigm to iPad

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Randall Newton

Draw a few lines, then manipulate them in 3D space. A team that includes some of the original developers of ...

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GrabCAD and SpaceClaim offer Lagoa cloud visualization

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Randall Newton

Users of both products can offer browser-based photorealistic 3D product views to their users.   When cloud-based 3D product visualization ...

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Autodesk powers new Smithsonian 3D web presence

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Randall Newton

Custom educational tool gives general public virtual access to rare artifacts and specimens.    The Smithsonian today launches its new ...

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CAD toolkit maker Tech Soft 3D introduces new product suite for cloud and mobile

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Randall Newton

Vendors are eager to build new apps for mobile; these SDK’s mean they don’t have to start from scratch. Tech ...

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Seeing depth through a single lens

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Randall Newton

Mathematical image processing creates a 3D movie of any scene, using just two frames from a stationary camera or microscope. ...

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3D Systems acquires TeamPlatform

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Randall Newton

Collaborative workspaces are the new frontier for CAD. 3D Systems now has all the fundamental pieces for its fifth growth ...