1. Hybrid Lidar (point clouds) and photo input in Reality Meshes. Merging of Pointools and Acute3d products. 2. LOD -aware meshes. Merging of Descartes Scalable Terrain Models (STM) and Acute3d in LumenRT and Mstn (.3sm). 3. Cloud-based processing ( ContextShare ) and access by mobile apps ( Navigator Web ). Merging with ProjectWise. Cesium-powered? 4. Using Mstn's Dynamic View tools to clip the Reality Mesh to a CAD geometric object, allowing attribute information to be attached ( Classification ). 5. Mstn Dynamic View sectioning tools would allow Mstn's Hypermodeling tools to be brought to bear. This will allow spatially indexed 2d information to be back-ref'd into the 3d model for information review and/or design. 6. Context Capture tools also allow photographic information to be spatially indexed and located in the 3d model. This would also open the way for photogrammetry tools like Phidias and the contractor's surveying/ photo point management, measurement and stakeout tools to be fully integrated into the Bentley platform. 7. Augmented reality : with all this media/info fusion, 3d overlayed, mashed up 'maps' or plans can be utilised on site in context.... accessed via ProjectWise? 8. Virtual reality: I suppose LumenRT will get a cloud-based processing service on ProjectWise like ContextCapture, soon? Several really powerful functionalities are merging together. 1. Photo, point cloud / laser, GPS information that combine to raise the usability of the information beyond the sum of its parts. By bringing this disparate information on to a single platform or Common Data / Modeling Environment, that is both CAD-engine based (not just game-engine based), the info is rendered 'engineering-ready' and not just for show. Usable positioning information being at the forefront. Bentley Map should be able to captilise on this by offering a 3d photgraphic dimension to mapping and GIS landscape. It would be interesting to see if something like Trimble's Business Centre / Realworks will be implemented in Mstn... and licensed back to Trimble? ...
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