Reality Cloud Studio - Industrial Metaverse for Reality Capture

3D Designer

UX Engineer

Frontend Engineer

Figma

GraphQL

Next.js

Hexagon Geospatial

Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon

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Project overview

Worked together with Digital Reality Innovation Hub Team to build a Cloud-based multi-user SaaS Platform for Reality Capture users from requirements to release.

Timeline February 2021- December 2023 Client Hexagon / Leica Geosystems Location Digital Reality Innovation Hub, Zürich, Switzerland Tools Figma, Blender, React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Stripe, Luciad RIA (WebGL) Growth <10 full-time employees in 2021 → around 50 employees in 2023 Awards Wichmann Innovations award 2023, HubHack 2022 Winner

My responsibilities

User Research Leading user-centered design interviews, surveys, user testing UI/UX Design Wireframing, Hi-Fi prototypes, principal designer 2022-2023 3D modeling Rapid prototyping in Blender, avatars Graphic design Icons, illustrations, stickers, prints Frontend Development of 2D and 3D UIs and components, GraphQL API integration UX evaluation Heuristic usability evaluation, heatmaps, analytics, interviews Stakeholders 5 Product Managers, Project Manager, Dev team, Corporate UX team

What is Reality Capture?

Reality capture refers to the process of digitally documenting and replicating the physical world, utilizing technologies like 3D scanning, photogrammetry, and LiDAR.

Hexagon owned Leica Geosystems has a long history on developing reality capture hardware devices and with Reality Cloud Studio Hexagon provides also software to handle this data in a seamless way.

Precise measurements, visualizations, and simulations of reality capture have applications in numerous fields, including architecture, construction, archaeology, and virtual reality. Hexagon’s vision is to combine human collaboration with digital engineering and manufacturing practices in the industrial metaverse.

The Digital Reality team collaborated with Leica Hardware teams such as BLK2FLY drone team and BLKARC robot team to ensure smooth uploads from field to cloud.

What is Reality Cloud Studio?

Reality Cloud Studio is a web-based SaaS platform that allows reality capture users to upload scanned data for automated processing, storage, and visualization, creating photorealistic digital twins and enabling secure, quick data sharing.