Entries by Travis Reinke

Leica Geosystems HDS Introduces Patent-Pending Innovations for Laser Scanning Project Efficiency

With Leica Cyclone 9.0, the industry leading point cloud solution for processing laser scan data, Leica Geosystems HDS introduces major, patent-pending innovations for greater project efficiency. Innovations benefit both field and office via significantly faster, easier scan registration, plus quicker deliverable creation thanks to better 2D and 3D drafting tools and steel modelling. Cyclone 9.0 […]

Capturing Real-World Environments for Virtual Cinematography

[source] written by Matt Workman Virtual Reality Cinematography As Virtual Reality HMDs (Oculus) come speeding towards consumers, there is an emerging need to capture 360 media and 360 environments. Capturing a location for virtual reality or virtual production is a task that is well suited for a DP and maybe a new niche of cinematography/photography. […]

3D Sensing Tablets Aims To Replace Multiple Surveyor Tools

  Source: Tech Crunch As we reported earlier this year, Google is building a mobile device with 3D sensing capabilities — under the Project Tango moniker. But it’s not the only company looking to combine 3D sensing with mobility. Spanish startup E-Capture R&D is building a tablet with 3D sensing capabilities that’s aiming to target […]

Artec Announces the World’s First 3D Full Body Scanner – Shapify Booth

A twelve second body scan and shoppers pick up their 3D printed figurine next time they visit the supermarket P-3D SELFIE_ITV2000_Vimeo from Granada Reports on Vimeo. This week Asda and Artec Group are happy to announce their partnership as Asda becomes the first supermarket to bring a new cutting edge 3D printing technology to shoppers […]

FARO SCENE 5.3 Laser Scanning Software Provides Scan Registration without Targets

[source] FARO® Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement, imaging, and realization technology, announced the release of their newest version of laser scanning software, SCENE 5.3, and scan data hosting-service, SCENE WebShare Cloud 1.5. FARO’s SCENE 5.3 software, for use with the Laser Scanner Focus3D X Series, delivers scan registration […]

Mantis Vision’s MV4D Tapped As Core 3D Capture Tech Behind Google’s Project Tango Tablets

Mantis Vision, a developer of some of the world’s most advanced 3D enabling technologies, today confirmed that its MV4D technology platform will serve as the core 3D engine behind Google’s Project Tango. Mantis Vision provides the 3D sensing platform, consisting of flash projector hardware components and Mantis Vision’s core MV4D technology which includes structured light-based […]

Microsoft Kinect for Windows v2: Affordable MoCap and 3D Scanning Solution

Amid the volley of announcements from Microsoft’s Build conference, is word that the new Kinect for Windows has a near-future release timeframe for both the hardware and its SDK. The desktop version of Microsoft’s do-all sensor will be available to the public this summer, as will its development framework. Perhaps more importantly, once they’re done, […]

Leap Motion Controller Update to Offer Affordable Individual Joint MoCap

Leap Motion has announced that the software for its self-titled PC gesture-control device will soon track the movement of individual finger joints, as well as the overall motion of a user’s hands. Since its launch in 2012, the $80 Leap Motion controller has attracted a lot of interest in the CG community, with Autodesk releasing Maya […]