Photogrammetry software turns smartphone photos into ‘high-fidelity 3D models’ Epic Games has released a limited beta of a free 3D scanning app that turns smartphone photos into high-fidelity 3D models. The RealityScan app, developed in collaboration with Capturing...

Paul Grimston, Revit Specialist, gives his recommendations The graphics card might go by many names – GPU, video card or display adapter – but it’s basically the device that generates what we see on the screen of a computer. With all the 3D models, renderings, games,...

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Croatia’s Mate Rimac is often described as ‘Europe’s Elon Musk’. In just ten years, he has quickly risen to the forefront of electric hypercar design and battery production, even acquiring Bugatti. 3LHD architects was engaged to design Rimac Automobili’s futuristic...

This BIM start-up comes from India and attracted funding while CEO Altaf Ganihar was still an undergraduate. Martyn Day had an early demo during lockdown in 2020, and it’s now commercially available When Snaptrude founder Altaf Ganihar was studying at university, he...

Design and technology leaders at HOK share their thoughts on the metaverse, and the role that architects and designers can play in shaping this exciting new immersive world Is it an overhyped buzzword co- opted from a 1990s sci-fi novel or a multi-trillion-dollar...

Patrik Schumacher, head of Zaha Hadid Architects, on the metaverse as an opportunity for architects and the integration of real and virtual communication spaces Zaha Hadid Architects – which was founded by Zaha Hadid, the 2004 Pritzker Prize Winner and one of the most...

With the explosion of terms like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in construction, AEC Magazine caught up with Senthil Kumar, CTO and head of AI at start-up Slate.ai to discuss how the technology can assist the complexity in the building industry...