What is Reality Capture?
Reality Capture is the art of using 3D laser scanning, LiDAR, and photogrammetry to create unique, digital visual representations of project sites. An accurate digital representation of site and project conditions over time allows you to revisit a location virtually and make informed decisions without having to spend time and money traveling.
Reality Capture also gathers minute details that conventional methods can’t – such as surface qualities and slight movements over time. This level of detail is critical for projects such as as-built surveys, building façade inspections, conditions of historic monuments, buildings, artifacts, etc.
Reality Capture Technologies and Digital Representations
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – The entirety of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV or Drone) system including the flight crew, hardware, payload, ground control station, and anything else required to operate a UAV.
- Photogrammetry – Stitching overlapping imagery of an object, structure, or area of interest to develop 2D or 3D digital models.
- LiDAR – Light Detection and Ranging – A method that uses light to measure the range of an object. We have aerial, mobile, and backpack LiDAR deployment capability.
- Advanced Imagery – Red, Green, Blue (RGB), Near Infrared Imagery (NIR), Thermal
- Digital Twin – A digital representation of the ‘existing conditions’ present at the time of acquisition. This ‘Digital Twin’ preserves the data so it can be revisited and analyzed at a later time.
Applications
- Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)
- Fast, Accurate Existing Conditions and As-Builts
- Historic Preservation and Digital Twins (BIM)
- Monitoring Site Progress
- Public Safety
- Forensic Analysis and Accident Reconstruction
- Infrastructure and Energy
- Surveys of Bridges, Tunnels, Manholes, and Power Lines
- Corridor and Buffer Encroachment Analysis
- Forestry and Vegetation
- Analysis and Monitoring