Why did Tech Titans Google, Microsoft, and Apple join the OGC? With Nadine Alameh

01/13/23 • 30 min

A laundry list of today's most innovative spatial computing companies have joined the ranks of the 30-year-old Open Geospatial Consortium. Get an inside perspective from OGC's CEO Nadine Alameh on why big tech is buying in -- and how it could affect you.

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A spatial-data utopia in construction. With Andy Evans

Today, our guest is Andy Evans of Digital Construction Works. We met at a 3D tech conference back in 2011 and spent most of our time talking about the music piped into the conference hall. Andy is a professional land surveyor all about fast, productive, scanning tools and techniques for the digital documentation of construction sites and survey work. He's worked with it all, from full tripod-based lidar scanning, through mobile mapping systems, and now a full catalog of 3D capture solutions. But his goal is much bigger than that: a utopian construction metaverse.

Notes:

Polycam - Phone-based 3D capture
Construction Verification Initiative - An industry group working to integrate advanced 3D tech into construction
Unity - Game engine used broadly in industrial applications
Bentley Synchro - Infraconstruction management software
NUAR - British national underground asset registry
Digital Construction Works - Group specializing in custom digital solutions for construction
Construction Metaverse Discord - Contact Andy for more info!

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The killer app is closer than you think. With Sean Gorman

Major players are turning to NeRFs, satellites, and even crowdsourcing to make spatial computing and AR an indispensable part of your life. Sean Gorman, formerly of Snap and Pixel8Earth, talks us through the tech innovations behind the mythical killer app — and offers the inside track on what that app could be for businesses and consumers.