Napa Lighted Arts Festival 2020 welcomed international artists to create 3-dimensional light shows projected onto some of Napa’s iconic buildings throughout downtown. 3DVDT helped make this possible by capturing the building facades with 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry to create 3D models for the artists to use as templates, allowing them to create their shows …

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Magic Lantern 3D from BARTKRESA studio. Producing an amazing 3D projection mapping show onto a building facade requires a 3D model. 3DVDT scanned the building facade using a 3D laser scanner, then created a precise 3D model from the scan data to be used as a template for the artist to realize the show. The …

3D Projection Mapping onto Building Facade for 150th Anniversary Read More »

As development of Oakland’s largest new building development in a half a century is underway, efforts to save the historic 9th Avenue Terminal at the Port of Oakland have resulted in the preservation of the historically significant portion of the building, to showcase a maritime museum. 3DVDT surveyed the 180,000 sq. ft. warehouse that was …

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A recent article published in LiDAR Magazine by a colleague speaks the truth about the benefits of 3D laser scanning technology in the construction industry. “I find it inexcusable for any significant new construction project to not incorporate 3D laser scanning technology as a part of the QA/QC construction process on a phased approach or …

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On November 4th, on-site documentation took place in the form of several workshops, sponsored by California Preservation Foundation in partnership with Mare Island Historic Park, Vallejo CA. Demonstrations of laser scanning, photogrammetry, drones and large format cameras engaged a curious audience eager to learn more about innovative technologies currently used to assess, evaluate and measure …

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