Hexagon teams with Sony, Nvidia on reality capture
Hexagon in Sweden has partnered with Sony Semiconductor Solutions to use time of flight image sensors in reality capture systems.
Reality capture is a key part of Hexagon’s ‘Smart Digital Reality’ to fuse the physical world and the digital world so that all data is digitally available, in one place, in real time. It is also working with Nvidia on autonomous digital twin models that use machine learning in the
The deal with Sony will allow a seamless data capture and processing workflow, reducing the time between capturing and delivering results. The Sony ToF sensors will be integrated into the new Leica BLK2GO PULSE handheld reality capture device, combined with Hexagon’s GrandSLAM location technology to create a rapid, simple and intuitive first-person scanning method. The BLK2GO PULSE, to be released in 2024, will be primarily used for short-range indoor applications with real time point cloud visualisation.
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With its release planned in early 2024, the BLK2GO PULSE will add a new, unique and disruptive member to the BLK2GO product family. All BLK2GO solutions share the ability for immediate data access and interaction among project teams to provide effortless uploading to the cloud directly from the device, fostering smarter collaboration.
“Our goal is to advance innovation through industry-leading technology,” said Burkhard Boeckem, CTO, Hexagon. “Partnering with Sony Semiconductor Solutions allows us to set the pace and accelerate reality capture solutions to enable our customers to fuse the real world with real-time digital realities created from sensors to build smart digital twins with stunning precision.”
“Through the synchronisation of market-proven technologies led by Hexagon and Sony, in-field data capture and processing efforts will be reduced to allow even faster and more collaborative data sharing through Hexagon’s digital reality cloud platform HxDR, the cloud-native platform for geospatial solutions at any scale”, continued Burkhard Boeckem.
“Time-of-Flight technology is key to creating a future where autonomous solutions can streamline work processes and boost productivity,” said Eita Yanagisawa, Senior General Manager of System Solution Business Division, Sony Semiconductor Solutions. “Through collaboration with Hexagon, we are ensuring that the data capture is reliable and accurate. The potential this partnership creates is transformative in the area of reality capture solutions.”
Hexagon is also working with Nvidia to combine reality capture wit, manufacturing digital twins, AI, simulation and visualisation to deliver real-time comparison to real-world models.
Hexagon’s HxDR reality capture platform and Nexus manufacturing platform will be connected to Nvidia’s Omniverse, platform that is based on the Universal Scene Description (USD) framework to provide a 360-degree picture of the real world when used with simulated solutions.
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“Our Hexagon innovation team has been working with Nvidia to develop opportunities that unite reality capture, AI, simulation, data analysis and visualisation with seamless collaborative planning platforms,” said Paolo Guglielmini, President and CEO, Hexagon. “With NVIDIA technologies and Hexagon’s Smart Digital Realities, our solutions will deliver real-time comparisons of real- and virtual-world models.”
“Every industry is racing to digitalise their physical processes for the next wave of advanced automation,” said Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Omniverse and simulation technology at NVIDIA. “In collaboration with Hexagon, we’ll bridge the gap between the real and virtual worlds — a prerequisite for building digital twins — allowing us to train robots in virtual worlds and bring autonomy to everything that moves.”
www.hexagon.com; www.sony-semicon.com; www.nvidia.com
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