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For things like hyper-accurate augmented reality, autonomous robots and self-driving cars, 2D maps and GPS only get you so far.Apple is
building its map with lasers strapped to the tops of cars
Niantic has talked about building 3D maps of parks and public spaces by way of user-submitted imagery
of building shared augmented reality experiences, is trying something different: a social network, of sorts, for scanning and sharing 3D
or adding pre-built digital objects), and share it with the world
Want everyone to see it? You can pin a scan to a map, allowing anyone panning by to explore your scan
Want to keep it to yourself? Flip the privacy toggle accordingly.The idea: quick and simple 3D scans of real-world spaces, shareable at
large or just with the people you choose
countless colored spheres
Each sphere represents a geometric feature that the camera has captured, helping to highlight the areas that have been sufficiently
covered.As you roam, a bar starts to stretch across the bottom of your screen
textures being captured, these scans can get pretty big
My test scans were coming in at a few hundred megabytes
Once uploaded, Ubiquity6 will take a few minutes to process everything, crunching all of the raw data into a model you can fly around and
its assorted built-in sensors
With a bit of practice and sufficient lighting, the scans it can pull off are rather incredible
fiddled with in your desktop 3D modeling software of choice
with physics and functionality determined by the real-world geometry around you.Ubiquity6 has raised a little over $37 million to date
