Alice Labs is a young company that began last year as a spin-off from university research in The Netherlands at the Technical University of Delft. They are focused on developing a toolset to enable users to get reality into the virtual world in high quality.

Studio Clouds is their product with a streaming engine that is designed to integrate with various software platforms, currently ported into 3DS Max and Maya with plug-ins. The tool allows the import of a wide variety of LIDAR data files. Below is a YouTube video that illustrates the capability.

PhotoStruct is a new product that they’re set to release that incorporates photogrammetry to create high density point clouds from just two images. After the calibration of the camera, the process just requires two images and the push of a button to render a high-definition color point cloud with texture and color in 15 minutes or so. The product will release next week, and will be available from the Alice Labs website.

Another product that will be released next week is Studio Clouds Registration, which allows you to register your clouds together, with cloud to cloud or target registration.

The company is focused on visual effects with the movie industry and gaming. They are also involved with forensics, archeologists with heritage sites, and with architects to render and visualize buildings.

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