Document your underwater assets
Create accurate 3D models—fast
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You are already doing the work. Use it to your advantage
Let us transfere your images to someting more useful:
- Make your data measurable.
- Increase the value of your ongoing operations.
Our approach
We have developed robust methods and workflows that transform visual data into reliable, actionable information—reducing uncertainty, minimizing rework, and enabling better operational and financial outcomes.
Our competence is built on decades of working with video and image data in one of the most demanding environments for media quality and accuracy: underwater photogrammetry. In this field, deviations in image quality, stability, or calibration may directly impact measurement accuracy.
Make the right choice
Subsea assets are commonly documented through images and videos, though reviewing extensive visual media can be a challenging and time-consuming process.
Having the ability to create accurate and detailed 3D models of underwater objects and environments can enable you to solve problems faster.
Instead of scrolling through volumes of video and images, you will have all information available in one place, saving you valuable time and enhance the understanding of the task at hand.
And, 3D models enable you to extract the information you need.
Why Use 3D models
3D models help us understand objects better and provide useful details that images and videos don’t.
You can extract correct dimensional information that is almost impossible to extract from images and videos.
Depth Perception: 3D models provide a sense of depth, allowing you to see the spatial relationships between different parts of the model. This makes it easier to understand the structure and dimensions of an object.
Interactivity: You can interact with 3D models by rotating, zooming, and viewing them from different angles. This interactivity helps you to explore and understand the model more thoroughly.
Realism: 3D models can be more realistic and detailed, which can make it easier to visualize and comprehend complex objects or scenes.
Context: 3D models can show how different components fit together in a way that 2D images often cannot. This is particularly useful in fields like engineering, architecture, and medicine.
Enhanced Learning: Studies have shown that 3D models can improve learning and retention, as they engage multiple senses and provide a more immersive experience.
3D models vs 2D images
| Topic | 3D models | 2D images |
|---|---|---|
| Interactivity | Allow users to interact with the content, rotate, zoom, or explore from various angles, offering a more immersive experience. | Are static, showing only one perspective, which limits interaction. |
| Realism and Depth | Can simulate depth, textures, and lighting, creating a more realistic representation of objects or scenes. | Rely on visual tricks like shading to imply depth but cannot achieve true spatial realism. |
| Flexibility in Rendering | Can be rendered in different styles, views, and resolutions, allowing for dynamic updates (e.g., changing colors or textures). | Are fixed, requiring the creation of new images for any variation. |
| Efficient Prototyping and Customization | Enable easy prototyping and customization without creating new assets from scratch. For example, a 3D model of a car can have its color, parts, or environment changed on demand. | Lack this flexibility; any modification usually requires creating a new image. |
| Animation and Simulation | Can be used in animations, physics-based simulations, and virtual environments, making them suitable for gaming, training, or visualization. | Can only be animated in a limited way (e.g., sprite animations). |
| Integration with Emerging Technologies | Are compatible with augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D printing, which are becoming increasingly prevalent. | Are less adaptable to these technologies. |
| Scalability | Can be scaled up or down without loss of quality and reused in various applications, such as creating multiple 2D images from a single model. | Have fixed resolutions, and scaling often leads to quality degradation. |
| Cost-Effectiveness in the Long Run | May have a higher upfront cost to create but are more versatile and reusable across different platforms and projects. | Are quicker and cheaper to produce initially but less adaptable. |
| Enhanced Training and Education | Provide a more engaging way to teach concepts, especially for complex spatial structures like anatomy or machinery. | Offer limited perspective and can make it harder for learners to grasp spatial relationships. |
Aqualens Studio Software
Aqualens Multicam Studio is a photogrammetry tool that simplifies 3D model creation by combining multiple synchronized or single cameras with automated processing workflows.
It supports various camera configurations, integrates with processing software like Metashape and RealityScan, and provides sensor calibration capabilities for high-quality 3D reconstruction.
And all of this can be performed using your inhous personnel.
Our software is a complete solution for image and video acquisition, documentation, 3D model processing, and reporting.
- Synchronizes multiple cameras
- Handles large volumes of images
- Advanced processing of images
- Multi-camera calibration
- User-friendly interface
- Integrate with other systems
More features
- project-based
- no prior photogrammetry expertise needed
- using well-known calibration techniques
- using established photogrammetry solutions
- scaling internal between cameras or external using known distances
- capturing fast-moving objects with stereo or multi-camera setup
- cover larger areas using multiple recordings
- filtering of point clouds
- automation, just set and leave it
- camera models will be added continuously and on request
- processing and calibration solutions will be added continuously and on request
- export data for further processing
- 3D point clouds and spatial data
- acquire video from one or more cameras within the system
Mantis3D
Key Capabilities
- Synchronized multi‑camera capture for precise depth and geometry reconstruction.
- Fast acquisition of images and 3D data, reducing time spent underwater.
- Accurate 3D modeling of both stationary and moving objects.
- Adaptable to ROVs, AUVs, drones, and divers, making it suitable for many underwater missions.
- Aqualens Mantis3D Studio software for image acquisition, calibration, and photogrammetric processing.
Applicable area of use
Offshore
Offshore wind
Aquaculture
Ships
Bridges
Defence / Navy
Civil construction
Anchor Chain inspection
Marine archaeology
Marine Biology
Environment
Coral reef
Methodology
We use an innovative technique that extracts spatial data, such as the size and position of objects, from two-dimensional images. This method is highly versatile and can be applied in various activities where dimensions, angles, and surfaces are required.
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