Matterport 3D camera aims to map your interior world, display it from the cloud

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Matterport 3D camera aims to map your interior world, display it from the cloud" data-src-height="422" data-src-width="650" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/matteport.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Startup<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7080182682816192337"> Matterport's just closed a round of investor funding to bring its 3D mapping camera and "interactive viewing platform" one step closer to commercial production. The company, founded in 2011 and backed by the likes of Qualcomm Ventures, aims to let consumers build virtual, cloud-based maps of their homes, offices or other sites of interest -- using a special camera rig -- for eventual viewing on laptops or tablets. It's an ambitious project that's managed to raise nearly $6 million in funding so far. But despite that investment, details on the specifics of the system, as well as a visual of the actual hardware used are scarce. So this could all very well smack of vaporware. For now, though, Matterport's site is selling the dream -- literally, as you can sign-up to pre-order now. So if you want to take a gander at what those 3D indoor maps <em>may</em> look like, hit up the source below.</a> </div><div dir="ltr" id="pr_box_button" style="text-align: left;">Hide Press Release</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> March 07, 2013 08:00 AM Eastern Time<br /> Matterport Unveils $5.6 Million Funding to 3D Capture Everything, Even the Kitchen Sink</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matterport, the leader in rapid 3D scanning of spaces and objects, announced today that it raised a $5.6 million Series A financing round to create immersive experiences with interior spaces, starting with your home. Lux Capital led this latest investment round, with participation from Felicis Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Greylock, Qualcomm Ventures, as well as a number of prominent Silicon Valley angels.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> "We welcome the participation of these investors," said Matt Bell, inventor of the camera and Matterport co-founder. "Together we are transcending limitations of the physical world by allowing people to communicate in 3D."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> "Matterport makes the extraordinary look easy," said Peter Hebert, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lux Capital. "Using advanced hardware and algorithms, Matterport helps consumers and businesses create accurate, photo-realistic 3D models – quickly, easily and automatically. Beyond initial markets in housing and interiors, the range of end applications is bounded only by the creativity of the Matterport community."</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Matterport will soon launch the first-ever 3D camera and interactive viewing platform – allowing its community to create virtual models of any indoor space and access the resulting 3D image from a web browser or iPad – anytime, anywhere.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Matterport's cloud engine changes the way we understand and view spaces by allowing users to post and share them with the world. Users can freely navigate, measure, tag objects, and pin notes to anything in the 3D image, unlike conventional static photographs. Anyone will be able to explore homes, vacation rentals, or local restaurants remotely, as well as plan and visualize remodels.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Founded in 2011, the Silicon Valley company launched out of Y Combinator, and raised a $1.6 million Seed financing in 2012 to develop initial versions of the camera hardware and software. The Series A will enable Matterport to scale production to meet market demand.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Matterport has begun taking pre-orders for their 3D camera. For more </div></div>

Matterport 3D camera aims to map your interior world, display it from the cloud

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Lynx A 3D camera hits Kickstarter, ready to motion capture your donations

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image" data-src-height="350" data-src-width="626" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/lynx-a-in-hands.png" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Every time we write up a 3D printer, we get a deluge of folks asking just how easy it is to render a 3D model. The answer is, unless you're well-versed CAD, not very. Austin-based Lynx Laboratories is working to help bring the learning curve for 3D rendering down a bit, with the Lynx A, a "point-and-shoot 3D camera" it claims is even easier to use than many standard digital cameras. The list of things the tablet-shaped device can do is impressive, indeed, including digital measure, architectural rending, object modeling and motion capture -- the latter of which has some interesting applications in the movie and gaming spaces. The project's Kickstarter is now open, steadily heading toward its $50,000 goal, with 44 days to go. A starting pledge of $1,799 will get you one of the 14-inch devices to call your own. Not convinced? Perhaps the video after the break will put you over the 3D edge.</div></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/915328713/lynx-a-camera/widget/video.html" width="480"> </iframe></div>

Lynx A 3D camera hits Kickstarter, ready to motion capture your donations

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