Category Reality Computing

Share 3D in the New Autodesk Memento Gallery

In the past 24 hours Autodesk has launched a new Memento Gallery where you can publish your Autodesk Memento 3D models for others to view or even download. I published models up there to test it and it works very…

3D Preservation of the USS Arizona in Autodesk Memento

Over the past two years a team from Autodesk, the U.S. National Park Service, and multiple partners worked in Pearl Harbor Hawaii at the  World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument and USS Arizona Memorial to undertake the…

Tatjana Dzambazova – Recreating Reality

Learn about reality capture in this great short story by my friend and Autodesk colleague Tatjana Dzambazova. You may know Tatjana as the passionate powerhouse behind Autodesk Memento. See our AR/VR exhibit and Tatjana at the Future of StoryTelling conference…

Autodesk Memento Beta New Build Posted

A new Autodesk Memento build 1.2.0.7  was just posted. A few tasty highlights: Smooth boundary tool – you can now select an edge loop to smooth it and not have any more the jiggered cuts Surface tool enhancements New push/pull…

WTH Wednesday – 3D Sea Cockroach

Recently I visited Colleen Flanigan an artist working to save the Mesoamerican reef and some marine biologists at the UNAM University in Puerto Morelos Mexico. While there I saw a skeleton of what was called a “sea cockroach” or “sea…

Capturing Building Exteriors In 3D – Reality Computing Webinar Series

On May 7th, 2015 a small team of us descended on the city of Atlanta Georgia to perform some research comparing terrestrial laser scanning of the exterior of a building to the results of photogrammetry using UAV and  ReCap 360…

3D Reconstruction of Apollo 14 Command Module

Just seen a great example on Twitter of using Autodesk’s ReCap 360 to auto-magically convert photos into a 3D textured model. Video of the Apollo 14 Command Module autode.sk/1K4AGz6 by Mathew Byrd (Twitter @MatthewCbyrd)Bravo Matthew!

Wind Flooding Crocodiles Corals Training – Amazing

I have been traveling a fair amount recently and about to enjoy some Summertime with my young daughter. I just returned from a work project in Mexico helping to train artists and scientist using Autodesk Memento to digitally capture corals…

Worlds Oldest Tools Discovered

The oldest stone tools known to man were found in remote Northern Kenya. The tools date back 3.3 million years. My friend Dr. Louise Leakey documented the excavation and tools using Autodesk technology to share the discovery with the world.…

New Release of Autodesk Recap

At the recent SPAR Conference Autodesk announced the new release of ReCap and the Reality Computing workflows that solve customer problems in various industries. Here are the highlights from that announcement. After more than one year of extensive usage of…