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Lidar for everyone
Didn’t it seem like we’d all be measuring playing fields, creating 3D objects, and making virtual 3D playgrounds out of ...
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Bentley Systems and Trimble team up for construction modeling
Pooling resources and sharing opportunities to advance construction BIM. Bentley Systems and Trimble have been forging links between their products ...
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Autodesk acquires Allpoint for 3D LIDAR expertise
The founder and key researchers will join Autodesk’s Reality Capture team. The technology they bring has its roots in computer ...
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Redefining production in the age of Digital Reality
Software is transforming every stage of the manufacturing process. Small companies with niche technologies are being gobbled up. By Kathleen ...
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3D laser map shows earthquake zone before and after
High-res LIDAR scans reveal previously undiscovered relationships between smaller faults. Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change ...
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MIT team invents cheap way to add 3D cameras to cellphones
A one-pixel pulse is tricked into decoding 3D data. Qualcomm is taking a close look. [Editor’s Note: A video explaining ...
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Modding the Xbox Kinect to gather 3D streaming data
In less than a year after its release, a flood of researchers and tinkerers are finding ways to re-purpose the ...