Enabling remote site visits

我们的愿景是通过使用3D点云和虚拟现实（VR）技术虚拟地可视化真实的世界，从根本上改变工作世界。我们的目标是改变传统的实地考察的方式来执行任务。由于COVID-19大流行，将更加强调远程工作，减少旅行以降低未来流行病的风险，并增加接受新技术以实现新工作方式的兴趣。我们的主要目标是提供一种用户友好的方式来远程查看，检查和分析网站，并提高交付产出的速度，从而能够及时和/或更频繁地做出决策。我们的项目融合了光探测和测距（LiDAR）、成像和虚拟现实技术。我们将改进我们现有软件的功能和生产力，这些软件最初是为了对高分辨率LiDAR数据进行后处理而开发的，以开发一种独特的应用程序，从而产生VR体验。受益于这一创新的行业将包括那些需要现场检查的行业，特别是在项目过程中或日常工作中的危险或难以进入的现场，如建筑，高速公路和核工业。LiDAR是一种遥感技术，使用多个激光器来创建周围环境的3D点云。LiDAR以其在自动驾驶汽车上用于检测物体而闻名，也是一种用于创建3D地形和建筑模型的新兴技术。Extension for Impact资金使我们能够扩大当前项目的积极影响，并加快我们的上市速度。这将使我们能够与消费者进行进一步的beta测试，以确保产品在发布时产生最大的影响;这一市场情报将为进一步的研发工作提供信息和支持，这将进一步增强我们的创新能力;这将使我们能够加快商业活动，这将有助于增加创新的影响力和上市速度。

Our vision is to radically change the world of work by visualising the real world virtually through the use of 3D point cloud and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. We aim to transform the traditional approach of undertaking physical site visits to perform tasks. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic there will be more emphasis on remote working, less travel to reduce the risk of future pandemics, and an increased appetite to embrace new technology to enable new ways of working. Our key objective is to deliver a user friendly way to view, inspect and analyse sites remotely and improve the speed at which outputs are delivered, enabling timely and/or more frequent decisions to be made. This will enable rapid recovery from the lockdown disruption and longer term will ensure the target sectors are more resilient.Our project fuses Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), imaging and Virtual Reality technologies. We will improve the functionality and productivity of our existing software, originally developed to post-process high resolution LiDAR data, to develop a unique application which generates a VR experience. Sectors benefiting from the innovation would include those requiring site inspections, particularly hazardous or difficult to access sites, during the course of a project or for routine work, such as construction, highways and nuclear industries.LiDAR is a remote sensing technology that uses multiple lasers to create a 3D point cloud of the surroundings. Known for it's use on autonomous vehicles to detect objects, LiDAR is also an emerging technology for creating 3D terrain and building models.The Extension for Impact funding allows us to extend the positive impacts of our current project and increase our speed to market. It will enable us to undertake further beta testing with consumers to ensure the product will have the maximum impact at launch; this market intelligence will inform and enable further R&D work which will enhance our innovation further; and it will enable us to accelerate commercial activities that will help to increase the impact and speed to market of the innovation.