Bend business brings a high-tech 3D camera to Central Oregon
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Obsidian 3D is showcasing their advanced combination camera/scanner. This device can quickly create 3D renderings of buildings, as well as panoramic shots, and collects a great deal of data.
While there are other 3D scanners on the market, Bend-based Obsidian says its device offers an unparalleled level of detail. It's not jut high-resolution video, but also data for contractors to work with.
As a demonstration, Obsidian met with KTVZ News on Tuesday outside the Deschutes County Courthouse, in the midst of a major expansion project and scanned the building from the sidewalk.
This brief scan is not an official part of the courthouse project. However, it managed to create an incredibly detailed 3D model.
Even without being able to go inside the construction site, the scan gathered data that could make a contractor's job easier.
"The data that's gathered becomes a single source of truth for the entire project." said Parker Stockdale, the owner of Obsidian 3D. "So for a general contractor or for an architect, that one scan that we go and complete can be distributed to all the trades. It can be distributed to inspectors, to quality control personnel."
Stockdale says the camera provided information that could be used by people in several different roles on a construction project, adding: "And and again, the breadth and the accuracy of the data is so immense, and what professional engineers and architects can accomplish with it is absolutely fascinating.”
Even though Tuesday's demonstration was just a trial for the cameras, Obsidian 3D was able to produce and deliver 3D renderings in just hours. From them, someone could estimate the materials needed for part of the project, or even count the individual studs on a wall.
The camera can be used for more than just construction. It can also create a historical record or plan for a projected light show.
The data could even be used to create a printable 3D model of any large object it's pointed at.
