As we put together this weekly look at stories from around the internet covering the 3D technology space, a lot of the articles we highlight cover fascinating use cases in the industry. Whether it be a particularly interesting example of a traditional workflow or a unique use case we hadn’t seen previously, there is value and entertainment in reading these case studies. Sometimes, though, it’s good to take a step back and look at this industry from a higher level, which is what we’re doing with all three stories highlighted in this week’s edition.
Find links to the full stories below.
How Severn Partnership Unlocked Business Growth with Reality Capture
Renata Barradas Gutierrez | Hexagon
We and others in this space talk a lot about how reality capture can help unlock new paths toward growth for a number of different companies, and that is becoming an easier process with the ongoing democratization, which is also a theme of our coverage at Geo Week News. This article looks at one company who has taken this exact journey, outlining specific ways in which reality capture helped their business with seven key insights.
AI-generated 3D digital surface models from digital orthophotos
Jakob Voigt, Ferdinand Vetterman, Johann Heller | GIM International
Most of the time when we talk about digital twins, we’re talking about twins for specific assets, whether that be a single facility, a campus, or even one section of, say, a manufacturing facility. They don’t have to be limited in scope, though, and newer technologies are helping to unlock larger scale digital twins. This article from December looks at how artificial intelligence is helping take data from satellites and other 2D imagery and converting it into “intelligent estimations” of 3D terrain information.
A Full-Circle Moment: Computer Graphics Meets AI
Rev Lebardedian | LinkedIn
Continuing with the theme of digital twins and artificial intelligence, our final article comes from NVIDIA’s Vice President of Omniverse and Simulation Technology. Lebaredian takes a high level view in this LinkedIn article, journeying back in NVIDIA’s company journey to explore how they went from a computer graphics company to the leader of our current AI boom, and how these innovations are helping to unlock new value in the world of digital twins.
