The Early Days of 3D Laser Scanning with Geoffrey Jacobs | Part 01

Ever wondered how the very first 3D Laser Scanner was invented? 🌟In this episode of the GeomaCan podcast, I talk to Geoffrey Jacobs, one of the pioneers of 3D laser scanning. We go back to the early days when this technology was just starting out. We discuss the challenges faced and the cool things they discovered.

Check out the 14 Geoffrey's original articles:
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Video content:
00:00 Welcome to Geomacan
00:20 Who is Geoffrey Jacobs?
02:15 First contact with Cyra and laser scanning
02:45 What is Cyra?
03:45 Ben Kacyra, founder of Cyra
04:25 Cyra and Trimble in contact
06:18 What is Trimble? A GPS specialist
08:35 Evaluation of Cyra Technology
09:35 The first live demo of 3D scanning
13:30 Clear market need for laser scanning
14:20 Need for As-built and Retrofit Engineering
16:46 It's more than a Total Station
20:39 A BIG CHECK MARK for Cyra
23:10 Alpha and Beta costumers
26:59 Laser Profiling vs Laser Scanning
28:08 Cyrax 2400 specifications
31:22 Key challenges in laser scanning development
32:40 Challenge 01: Hardware development
48:03 Challenge 02: Funding
50:30 Challenge 03: Software development
53:39: Summary
54:00 Watch Part 02