Ubiquity6’s Display.land is part 3D scanner, part social network
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Ubiquity6's Display.land is part 3D scanner, part social network
The world is being mapped in 3D - one brick, one bench, one building at a time. For things like hyper-accurate augmented reality, autonomous robots, and self-driving cars, 2D maps and GPS only get you so far.
Apple is building its map with lasers strapped to the top of cars. Niantic has talked about building 3D maps of parks and public spaces by way of user-submitted imagery. The Army is making 3D maps with drones.
Ubiquity6, a startup that's spent much of the last two years quietly chipping away at the challenges of building shared augmented reality experiences, is trying something different: a social network, of sorts, for scanning and sharing 3D spaces.
The company's first publicly launched app, Display.land, started rolling out on iOS and Android over the weekend. Part 3D scanner and part social network, it lets you scan a location or object, edit it (cropping it to just the bits you're interested in, or adding pre-built digital objects), and share it with the world. Want everyone to see it? You can pin a scan to a map, allowing anyone panning by to explore your scan. Want to keep it to yourself? Flip the privacy toggle accordingly.
The idea: quick and simple 3D scans of real world spaces, shareable at large or just with the people you choose. Exploring a new city and found some neat art in an alleyway? Scan it and post it for everyone to "walk" around. Renting an apartment and want to give potential tenants some idea of what the space is like? Scan it, put the link in the listing, and it'll open right up in their browser without any downloads.
Starting a new scan is simple: hit the "new" button, find some particularly interesting bit of geometry to focus on, and hit "