10.10.23-Showcase-Seoul-Stitch3D

CLARK YUAN: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Clark. And I'm the founder and CEO of Stitch3D. At Stitch3D, our vision is to democratize 3D data around the world. And we are doing this by building the most user-friendly web-based cloud data management platform that allows users to upload, store, manage, visualize, analyze, and seamlessly share 3D content on the web.

You see, at this very moment, there is a unique opportunity to rapidly accelerate the adoption of 3D data across industries due to two primary driving factors. The first is the significantly lower cost of 3D technologies, such as LiDAR and photogrammetry, that enable communities and industries such as those in construction and utilities to tap into 3D data to unlock new business opportunities.

Similarly, we're observing emerging industries in 3D printing, augmented reality, and robotics also consuming reams of 3D data to drive their business operations. And like the explosion of 2D photography with the advent of smartphone cameras, we believe that 3D content is about similarly go through its own Cambrian explosion with cheaper and more accessible 3D sensors.

The second driving factor is actually a challenge that the industry faces. And that is, currently, not a single cloud data management platform can view 3D files, let alone analyze or map it. And this is slowing down the adoption of 3D data across many industries. And the problem is further exacerbated when you consider that there are literally hundreds of 3D file formats currently in existence, each with their own interoperability challenges.

Stitch3D is building a solution to bypass these hurdles and therefore help industries work with 3D data little bit easier. So what does our solution look like? Well, you can consider Stitch3D to kind of be a hybrid between Dropbox in Figma, where users can manage their 3D content but also have the tools to invite collaborators to work together in a digital 3D environment.

And to show you what that looks like, here's our product. Like I mentioned, it's a cloud solution. So you can access the platform anywhere you have Wi-Fi or internet connectivity. And similar to Dropbox, you can upload 3D files that you generate and manage it. But unlike Dropbox and Google Drive, they don't actually let you view or preview the 3D files, whereas with Stitch3D, you can use our 3D viewer to go into the files and do things such as measure the distances of a road, the height of a highway, or the height of a building, or even get area measurements for a parking lot, or the volumetric measurements for a pothole.

For this data right here, this is actually a georeferenced LiDAR point cloud collected from an airplane. So with a georeferenced point cloud you can actually map it to a satellite or a street map and therefore provide more context and enable storytelling around the usefulness of that 3D data.

Looking at how the architecture and construction industries are using the data, we explore 3D digital twins. Now, this is actually a digital twin of a high school that was captured for law enforcement purposes because, unfortunately, in America, active shooter events are quite common.

But in addition to that, there's also when they're responding to emergencies such as a heart attack, a lot of times emergency responders don't know where, for example, the gymnasium is or the cafeteria or the length of that hallway. So when you have a fully annotated digital replica of this building, you can share a web link with the responders so they quickly navigate and gain situational awareness to where they need to go.

Now, you can save all your annotations and markups as a canvas. And share a web link either through email or text. And you can pull it up anywhere that you have, again, Wi-Fi internet connectivity. To show you what that looks like. This is a fully annotated model of that same high school.

You can quickly fly to the first floor. Or you can fly to the gymnasium or the auditorium. And this is exactly what emergency responders are looking for when they need to go into a building and figure out where they need to go.

If you extrapolate this concept to the architecture and construction industry, this is very useful for renovation projects or for breaking new ground. For example, if you need to find out where the pipe was laid for a water pipeline or looking at the measurements for a new site, this allows you to get the 3D digital blueprint instead of looking at 2D schematics that are sometimes very difficult to keep in order.

The last thing I'll show you here is being able to collect 3D content now with your smartphones. Thanks to Apple putting LiDAR sensors on your iPhones, you can now capture point clouds and 3D content directly from your mobile device. And this is a pretty big game changer, whether you're trying to capture a car accident or a traffic accident. Or going back to law enforcement, if you're looking at a homicide, you're trying to preserve evidence. Instead of doing 2D schematics and hand sketches or taking lots of photos, now you can just get a quick laser scan and encapsulate that evidence in 3D.

Another use case that we looked at was working with researchers at Oregon State University. The researchers there were mapping erosion data along the Pacific Coast Highway on the western side of the United States and where erosion is actually accelerating pretty quickly and impacting communities along that stretch of road. The challenge, however, was that they had no way to get the data out there visually to these communities. And it's just not the same when you're looking at a PDF report versus actually being able to see the data mapped to your community and seeing the slope decrease, the length of the road, the annotations of the potholes.

And with our technology, they were able to embed a web link into a LinkedIn post or a Facebook article. And now they can encourage collaboration and discussion within those communities based on being able to get the data visually out there for everyone to see.

Our hope for Korea is to drive 3D data adoption across industries in this country as well. And specifically looking at three primary focus areas in robotics, disaster prevention/environmental engineering, or smart cities, we believe that 3D data has great value to add to all three of these industries. And we are looking to work with the service providers in this country that are already collecting 3D data, whether it's from LiDAR, for photogrammetry, and to share it with the folks that are trying to actively build out the robotic platforms and the disaster prevention and engineering platforms, making it just a little bit easier to work with 3D data.

So we're looking for partners in these industries. If you'd like to pilot our technology or perhaps explore joint R&D opportunities, again, my name is Clark. Please find me at the booth. And I would love to answer any of your questions around 3D data and how it can help your industry. Thank you so much.