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, ...

Industries like manufacturing and mining have already automated significant portions of their operations, particularly for repetitive tasks. However, the concrete construction sector has lagged for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine attempting to construct and maintain a new, massive solar installation using only on-the-ground resources. The time, effort and guesswork required for each step – from scoping out potential ...

April 21, 2019 — The world is still in shock over the devastating blaze at Notre Dame in Paris that consumed its wooden interior Monday. French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild as ...

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 ...

A reality capture tool that offers 3D visualization of a construction site is gaining traction with contractors on large projects, helped by key integrations with Procore and Autodesk. Just a few ...

Reality capture uses laser scanning hardware to record the as-built conditions of any environment in a series of scans. These scans, once stitched together, create a holistic picture of structures, ...

Before famed British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough ventured across the Atlantic to star in his first virtual reality film last year, an advance team took the trip with a key prop: a handful of ...

Museums are using VR in different ways. Here, the Neues Museum in Berlin uses VR to show visitors what the stairwell used to look like before it was destroyed in the Second World War. (Photo by ...