The term “reality capture” refers to technologies used to capture the physical world and transforming it into digital data. It’s typically used to document existing conditions, create accurate 3D ...

Prolific YouTuber Tom Scott recently visited the Mixed Reality Lab at the YouTube Space studio in New York in order to showcase mixed reality capture. The lab is using a technique involving a green ...

Standard general arrangement drawings, and piping and instrumentation diagrams, serve a purpose, but they are not ideal records for as-built project documentation. 3D reality capture offers a better, ...

The points to be captured at the lab were predefined and then captured using technologies such as this drone-captured point cloud. If contractors knew the best way to capture site data for each kind ...

Reality capture tools for construction pros were, for a long time, seen as a luxury. Over time, bulky products were replaced by sleek hand-held options. Prices came down. And now that the power of ...

Almost six years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the world’s most recognized structures, was damaged by fire. Five years later, the iconic structure was rebuilt with precision—guided by ...

When most construction project managers think about using reality capture on the jobsite, productivity and costs are top of mind. From a productivity perspective, a recent survey conducted by the ...

In the latest major consolidation move in the busy construction technology sector, DroneDeploy, a cloud platform that allows contractors and other customers to manage the data generated by their ...