Reality capture

A Snapshot of Reality Capture in 2024Reality capture software, hardware and you – the people who are driving our community forward – have grown by leaps and bounds in 2023. And in the State of Reality Capture 2024 report – our industry's biggest global survey to date – we take an in-depth look at the tech, tools and trends as they stand today and what users have planned for tomorrow.We surveyed 1,447 respondents from 119 countries to understand how businesses across sectors are utilizing reality capture and the results they've seen. This report is your essential guide, packed with valuable insights to help you make your case for growing the reality capture programs of the future.What will you learn?How reality capture is being usedLearn how companies are using reality capture technology across a variety of industries from construction to solar energy. Specific ROI and benefits Hear from innovators about how they've used reality capture to realize significant returns and higher-quality outcomes What's next for the industryDiscover the future of reality capture by getting a snapshot of what innovators have planned for '24 and beyond. The report at a glance...Investment will increase in 202462% plan to increase or continue spendEspecially for enterprise businesses86% of enterprises saved $5K+ in past 12 monthswith 49% saving $50k or moreIndustries that power our world are betting big on reality captureAEC, O&G and renewables are adopting at scaleDownload the reportA new, holistic approach to reality capture is reflecting where we see the market heading. Tools like drones, robots and 360 cameras are no longer being viewed or used in isolation. They will work together on the jobsite, field or energy plant of the future. And the process of capturing data will be increasingly automated and intelligent; freeing up workers to focus on more strategic and satisfying tasks than taking photos, scans or measurements.In this report, you'll discover how companies are utilizing reality capture, the returns they're finding and the future of the industry.Fill out our form to access the report.

The world's leading construction progress tracking platform, powered by 360° reality capture Construction progress management is essential for a given project to remain on schedule and on budget. Especially with traditional documentation methods, this can be difficult. The HoloBuilder construction progress tracking software provides users with powerful photo documentation for capturing the progress of your construction site in the most efficient and effective way possible with 360° photos, automatically organized by project, sheet and time. Use the virtual version of your construction site to view it in 360° online from anywhere at any time. Be confident that your progress is recorded with construction photo documentation—accessible whenever and wherever you need it. HoloBuilder software is your 360° reality capture solution for a more efficient and effective way to track construction progress. Learn more on HoloBuilder.com See a Real Construction Site in 360° With a hub for viewing and managing progress in 360° you will get access to a whole new experience and level of insights into construction progress tracking data — explore a real-world example below. Three Powerful 360° Reality Capture Workflows for Construction Progress Tracking: Capture, View, and Control. One Platform for All Stakeholders HoloBuilder has proven to be extremely helpful in improving all communication by capturing comprehensive insights, which would otherwise take much time, experience, and effort…It feels like we are always carrying the entire project in our pockets — anytime, anywhere. Keisuke Hagiwara Kajima Corporation HoloBuilder is a powerful software program with the flexibility to adapt to many different project needs, including design and construction oversight, project planning, virtual site presence, asset management, and operations and maintenance. Allison Yanites Arcadis North America We used to capture pictures; with HoloBuilder we capture progress. Ashley Dawson Kier Group Product Details and Resources TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION Guide: 360° Cameras for Construction Find the right 360° camera for your construction photo documentation with the in-depth camera guide that comes with detailed reviews, recommendations for add-ons, and much more. VIDEO Construction progress tracking Introduction See which key components and workflows make HoloBuilder the fastest and easiest construction photo documentation software, powered by 360° reality capture in a secure construction SaaS cloud environment. Related Products FARO Sphere® XG Achieve faster reality data capture and project success through a centralized cloud ecosystem built specifically for FARO service platforms and related applications. SiteScape LiDAR-enabled 3D scanning for iOS devices allowing AEC and O&M professionals to capture existing conditions in seconds.

Models of their favorite toy or art project. It provides a convenient visual guide and automatically takes pictures as appropriate so kids can scan objects by themselves. Qlone is working on incorporating the Object Capture technology with seamless integration between their iOS and Mac apps, making it easier for kids to share their creations with friends and family. I've invited the kids of our Apple colleagues to share some of the work that they've done. After capturing photos and generating 3D models with Object Capture, the kids then added digital interactions using Reality Composer. Let's check it out.The first is a dinosaur costume that comes to life with audio. We also have a nice set of plates and cups displayed.And here's a cool interaction where the speech bubbles between the puffer fish and octopi are always facing you.Those are some really cool, creative art projects.As you've just seen, anyone can now develop immersive AR experiences from scratch using a combination of Object Capture, Reality Composer, and AR Quick Look. Object Capture creates high-quality assets that are ready to be viewed in AR Quick Look. Reality Composer makes it easy to combine multiple assets into a single scene and add interactivity to models.For more information, I encourage you to visit the AR Quick Look Gallery page for examples and check out the "Object Capture" session. And that's it. Thank you for watching, and enjoy the rest of WWDC. [music]

Moveable dynamic shadowing, currently working more like a point light with no area.Performance Considerations: More expensive overall than Point or Spot Lights with the dominant cost being incurred when movable and casting shadows. Shadowing generally has the same cost. Stationary Light mobility or Non-Shadow Casting lights can be double the cost with cost scaling depending on the platform being used. If you’re using Static Lights, the cost is free.New: Mixed Reality Capture (Beta)Create compelling spectating experiences for mixed reality applications using the new Mixed Reality Capture functionality, which makes it easy to composite real players into a virtual play space!The beta Mixed Reality Capture support has three components: video input, calibration, and in-game compositing. We have a list of supported webcams and HDMI capture devices that enable you to pull real world green screened video into the Unreal Engine from a variety of sources. If you have a Vive Tracker or similar tracking device, Mixed Reality Capture can match your camera location to the in-game camera to make shots more dynamic and interesting. Setup and calibration is done through a standalone calibration tool that can be reused across Unreal Engine 4 titles. Once you set up your filming location, you can use it across all applications.While feature support is in beta, we’re looking forward to getting feedback as we continue to improve the system. More information about Mixed Reality Capture setup can be found in the Mixed Reality Development documentation. New: nDisplay Flexible, Multi-Display RenderingEffortlessly create video walls for large visualization installations using the new nDisplay system! Automatically launch any number of Unreal Engine instances - locked firmly together, with deterministic content and frame-accurate time synchronization - across any number of host computers, each instance driving its own projector or monitor display. Use active or passive stereoscopic rendering to enhance the viewer’s sense of immersion in the 3D scene and built-in VRPN support to drive the system from mobile VR controllers. For more information, please see the documentation.New: Submix Audio RecordingIn the new audio engine, we’ve added the ability to record Engine output - or any individual Submix’s output - to a *.wav file or SoundWave Asset.Exporting Submix output to a SoundWave Asset.Exporting Submix output to a *.wav file.New: Shared Skeletal Mesh LOD Setting Set LOD settings once and reuse them across multiple Skeletal Mesh assets using the new LOD Settings asset! Inside the Asset Details panel for a Skeletal Mesh, under LOD Settings, you can now select an LOD Settings asset to use, or you can generate a new asset based on the current settings.Please see the Sharing LOD Settings section of the Skeletal Mesh Asset Details page for more information.You can also assign the LOD setting and regenerate LODs from Blueprint using a Blutility. New: Streaming GeomCache and Improved Alembic importer (Experimental)We continue to make stability and performance improvements to the geometry cache system, as noted in the following: Individual vertex animation frames are now compressed using an intra-frame codec based on Huffman encoding. Compressed data is streamed

Up. They add up in time spent per project, and they add up in spent dollars and cents. Delays like this also divert a construction or facility management company from acquiring new business as readily as they otherwise could— all because the previous project had so much data processing and data management inefficiency. The good news is that in each of these data traffic jam instances Sphere XG can help. Whether it’s: Real-time collaboration and project oversight The ability to scan, upload, and share reality capture data from FARO and 3rd party devices seamlessly onto Sphere XG’s cloud space Or it’s securely storing historical data throughout the project lifecycle enabling better data-backed decisions… No other cloud-based reality capture platform on the market today is this comprehensive. Actionable insights are what matter most. And Sphere XG helps deliver unmatched data and project management clarity.Add to that additional features that include: VideoMode for 360° photo capture and the ability to “time travel” or see multiple point clouds and 360° images side-by-side in one project, and Sphere XG’s value proposition only increases. Manage your Data DelugeWhat it really comes down to is the fact that the new Sphere XG is set to revolutionize the 3D reality capture space yet again. And it’s doing so as the world continues to go digital in a hurry as the amount of stored information — across all industries and workflows — continues to expand at a breakneck pace. It’s hard to put this data deluge into perspective. Eric Schmidt the former CEO of Google provides this provocative context: “There were 5 exabytes [5,000,000,000 gigabytes] of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days.”Seen in that larger pull-back-the-lens view, it’s clear cloud-based platforms like Sphere XG are