French Firm Maps Cities in Super Detailed 3D

Ubick, launched by the Limoges-based company Imao, is a unique tool for visualising 3D. The objective: to create new markets through hyper-realistic 3D representations.

Published

4 months ago

Categories

World, Arts & Society, Technology

Topics

Europe, Arts & Culture, Technology

Places

France, Europe, Paris

Transcript

SCRIPT: Paris, but not as you know. The streets of the French capital can be visualised in unprecedented detail and now even in 3D. More than 145,000 aerial photos were needed to create this virtual representative. And it's thanks to a technology dubbed Ubick. SOUNDBITE 1 Peter Farout, co-founder of Ubick and CEO of Imao (English, translation, 23 secs): "Ubick is a data library in 3D virtual reality showing more than 50 areas in France. This is the first library in the world of this type that exists that shows a country like this, or at least a country in Europe, we're sure of that. 50 cities in 3D in a geometrical tool with a photographic virtual reality in an exceptional quality." Ubick's parent company, Imao, is specialised in the acquisition of digital mapping data. Based at Limoges airport, Imao flies planes equipped with high-definition cameras, taking extensive aerial photos to create 3D maps of the ground below. SOUNDBITE 2 Peter Farout, co-founder of Ubick and Ceo of Imao (English, translation, 14 secs): "We have a virtical camera that photographs in 200 megapixels, and 5 oblique cameras that shoot in 50 megapixel definition. Once in Ubik, it's these pixels that are 10 centimetres in size that make up the quality of the product, both in geometry and in definition." There's not yet a huge demand for this level of 3D detail but Imao is planning to target sectors like defence, urban planning, video game designers, and tourism. And with the right set of glasses, the viewer can expereince Paris as though they were there. SHOTLIST: LIMOGES, France, 10 December 2013 Source: AFPTV and Ubick. *NO RESALE FOR NON EDITORIAL PURPOSES* -Varied maps of Paris in 3D (source: Ubick/ Attention NO RESALE). -Images of Pierre Farout using Ubick product -different images of 2D and 3D maps -SOUNDBITE 1 - Pierre Farout visiting the warehouse with planes in the background, which are used for the maps. - Aerial images of the ground -SOUNDBITE 2 - Extracts of promotional video of the presentation of Ubick (source Ubick/ Attention NO RESALE). -----------------------------------------------------------