The Scan Truck
The Scan Truck is a mobile photogrammetry studio that offers technologies to deliver high quality 3D assets for Feature Films, VR Productions, Video Games, TV, and Commercials. Their system features over 200 DSLR cameras to capture photorealistic models.
3D Scanning
They offer onsite, portable, self sufficient and mobile Photogrammetry Services with their own Scan Truck and their Scan Truck performs top quality scans from the location of your choice.
Model / Texture Creation
Their team of Modelers and Texture Artists help you produce a model, whether generated from 3D scanned data or invented models from concept.
Game Engine Integration
The Scan Truck’s team of Game Engine Specialists help get your assets game engine ready, offering a complete array of services, from scan to engine.
The Scan Truck preserves digital identity by creating a personal avatar. Avatars are a means to establish an online presence, and can be used in a variety of virtual platforms, from cinematics to online gaming. The Scan Truck's team of digital designers and 3D character artists can also make any minor adjustments and corrections to fit a required style and image.
The Scan Truck’s Avatar Creation service transforms 3D scans into fully rigged characters, suitable for a wide range of applications, including Unity and Unreal Engine projects. Their expertise and experience in this field has helped them achieve a track record in bringing a client’s creative visions to life, regardless of the industry.
The Scan Truck's Avatar Creation Services Include:
3D Scanning: Capturing 3D scans of individuals or objects, ensuring every detail is preserved in the digital realm using a mobile 3D scan truck and other equipment.
3D Modeling: Artists use the scan data to create 3D models, refining them to match specific requirements.
Rigging and Animation: Animating avatars by rigging them, enabling natural and fluid movements. This process is essential for character animation in Unity and Unreal Engine.
Unity and Unreal Integration: Whether developing games, immersive experiences, or simulations, The Scan Truck's avatars integrate into either an Unity or Unreal Engine environment.
Avatar Use Cases include:
Video Games: Lifelike player characters, NPCs, or enemies, enhancing the immersion and gameplay experience.
Virtual Reality: Interactive avatars for VR applications, making virtual interactions feel more realistic.
Music Videos: Bringing music to life with animated avatars that can sing, dance, and engage with your audience.
YouTubers and Content Creators: Creating an online presence with custom avatars, making content more engaging and recognizable.
Film and Video Production: Incorporating avatars into productions for special effects, unique characters, or digital doubles.
Training and Simulation: Developing training simulations with avatars to create realistic scenarios for educational or corporate purposes.
Interactive Storytelling: Using avatars to enhance interactive storytelling in apps, websites, and virtual experiences.
Advertising and Branding: Creating avatars for advertising campaigns, mascots, and brand promotions.
Social Media and Live Streaming: Enhancing a presence on social platforms and live streams with personalized avatars that interact with the audience.
The Scan Truck offers onsite, portable, self-sufficient and mobile Photogrammetry Services with an exclusive Scan Truck stationed in Los Angeles, servicing the west coast and a scan trailer stationed in Albuquerque to cover the East Coast.
Equipped with 160 cameras for optimal and efficient coverage, The Scan Truck offers a solution for mobile 3D scanning.
The Scan Truck services supports the following requirements:
High-Quality 3D Models: Turning photographs into highly detailed 3D models, capturing every nuance with precision and accuracy.
Efficiency Meets Accuracy: State-of-the-art photogrammetric techniques effective data capture, saving time without compromising on quality.
Versatile Applications: Photogrammetry services catering to a range of industries, from historical preservation to digital fashion, visual arts to VR/AR projects.
Realistic Visuals: Lifelike 3D models, suitable for various applications including film, architecture, and more.
Seamless Integration: 3D models seamlessly fit into workflows, making them usable assets for architects, designers, and filmmakers.
Creative Freedom: Creative flexibility offered by the Photogrammetry service, tailoring 3D models to specific project requirements.
The Scan Truck maps the journey from raw scan data to game-ready assets. Here’s a preview of the data processing workflow:
1. Scan Data Acquisition: Start by capturing scan data using The Scan Truck's equipment, including 3D scanners and photogrammetry systems to capture physical objects or environments.
2. Data Cleanup: Raw scan data can be dense and unrefined. Technicians clean and prepare the data, removing noise, artifacts, and imperfections to ensure a clean foundation.
3. Retopology: This step involves creating a new, optimized 3D mesh (game-ready asset) with a lower polygon count. This not only reduces computational overhead but also ensures smooth performance in games.
4. UV Unwrapping: UV mapping is essential for textures to adhere seamlessly to the 3D model. A UV unwrapping process ensures efficient texture application.
5. Optimization for Specific Game Engines: Tailoring the asset for a chosen game engine, be it Unreal Engine, Unity, or another. This optimization ensures that the asset seamlessly integrates with the engine’s rendering and physics systems, maximizing performance and visual fidelity.
6. Texture and Material Mapping: Applying textures and materials to bring life to the 3D model, capturing every detail and nuance.
7. Rigging and Animation (if needed): For character models, rigging and animation are integrated to make them interactive and dynamic within the gaming environment.
8. Quality Assurance: Rigorous testing and quality assurance checks ensure that the final game-ready asset meets the highest industry standards, free from glitches or issues.
9. Delivery: Depending on needs, The Scan Truck can deliver an optimized asset ready for a chosen game engine, or can provide a high-poly hero-level asset to hand over to a studio with its own pipeline.
Unique pipeline can specifically cater to a clients’ particular needs while also maintaining top industry-level quality and accuracy.
Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) is an essential component to capturing large volumes of spaces; from movie sets to historical architecture, there is practically no limit to the spaces that can be scanned. LiDAR uses laser light to measure variable distances, creating highly precise three-dimensional models.
The Scan Truck's team of capture technicians are equipped with the tools and knowledge to capture even the hardiest of places.
Benefits from the LiDAR service:
Film and Entertainment Industry:
Pre-Visualization: Use LiDAR data in pre-visualization stages of film projects to plan scenes and settings meticulously.
VFX Integration: Integrate detailed 3D models in VFX projects, enhancing realism and visual appeal.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR):
Realistic Environments: Create highly realistic environments for VR and AR applications, enhancing the user experience.
Simulation Training: Develop simulation training environments with accurate spatial data, offering a realistic training ground for various industries.
3D Modeling:
Architecture: Assist in architectural projects by providing detailed 3D models for better visualization and planning.
Digital Twins: Create digital twins of real-world environments and objects, facilitating a range of applications from virtual tours to predictive maintenance.
The Scan Truck deploys a range of technologies to facilitate environment capture tailored to a project’s demands. Leveraging Drone Photogrammetry, LIDAR Scanners, and Handheld Photogrammetry, The Scan Truck ensure a meticulous capture of environments.
Explore how each method can serve a client's needs:
Drone Photogrammetry: Drone-Powered Aerial Photogrammetry: Employing drones equipped with high-resolution cameras, The Scan Truck captures aerial imagery that forms the basis for creating 3D models of landscapes and environments, facilitating mapping and analysis.
LIDAR Scanners: Detailed Topography: Capturing intricate data of ground surfaces to create topographical maps.
Handheld Photogrammetry: Close-up Details: Useful for capturing details of objects and surfaces, also a tool in crafting detailed 3D models and gathering color information to create detailed textures.
The Scan Truck additionally specializes in optimizing high-fidelity scans for seamless integration into popular game engines such as Unreal and Unity. This service facilitates a range of creative and technical projects by offering ready-to-use 3D models for various platforms.
The Scan Truck's industry-tested pipeline consists of a rigorous retopology, texture re-projection, optimization, and quality-assurance process that guarantees fast and efficient performance.
How one can leverage the game engine implementation service:
Content Creation:
Social Media and YouTube: Enhancing content with 3D models optimized for creating visually rich social media posts or YouTube videos.
CG Films: Incorporating 3D scans into computer-generated films for a more realistic and immersive visual experience.
Gaming Industry:
Game Development: Utilizing scans in game development processes to create realistic environments and characters, thereby enhancing the gaming experience.
Virtual Production: Facilitating the virtual production process by integrating 3D scans into a development pipeline, creating immersive and interactive experiences.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR):
Immersive Experiences: Using scans in VR and AR projects to create new visually rich, immersive experiences.
Educational Tools: Developing educational tools and simulations using 3D scans to offer learners a better educational experience.
Advertising and Marketing:
Interactive Advertisements: Developing interactive and visually appealing advertisements using optimized 3D models.
Product Visualizations: Utilizing scans for product visualizations, offering a detailed and realistic view of products in advertisements and promotions.
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