Leica BLK 360 | Is it for the Film Industry?

That's actually so cool. I can see this being used in the future.

Very good video. We used this method on guitar hero live but we also used touch designer, bolt motion control rig and we recorded the DMX output of the lighting desk so the framestore knew exactly where all our moving lights were pointing and outputting at anytime.
How much does this workflow cost? i.e. BLK360 and cinedesigner purchase costs and what would you charge an end client for doing the pre-vis using this method?

Is it for the Film Industry? Not for the indie filmmakers.
Who needs this much accuracy unless you are going to have a lot of VFX.

WOW

Awesome, great video demo! I'm an architect, interested in this device for measuring and documenting existing spaces. What file format comes from the device, could this be opened in rhino 3D or cad.

Ok just found that they are working with autodesk platform. Very cool! Price is still 16K. Interested to see what possibilities there are with this tool between architecture, photography and film.

i am planing to shoot my first shortfilm with my friends ( almost zero budget / and dont have any gear except a point and shoot ) this a story of two brothers finding the truth behind a hunted house ... so how can i light my scenes (day , night and afternoon shots ) for a thriller/horror/vintage detective look with household lights or cheep thing ? some body plz help me ...........

You can hire the BLK360 with us when you are in The Netherlands :)

Nice video!!

Awesome video!
Good to see our surveying equipment leaking into other fields!

Thanks for reviewing this piece of kit. Considering it! Leica love.

This is just so awesome.

Thanks for the demo Matt.
We have been using lidar scanning in the film industry for visual effects for a very long time.
This Leica scanner is great, so easy to use and very fast as well.

Just glad your back

Yeah, we've only been using LIDAR heavily in the film industry since about... oh... 1998? ;)

Your house looks like Silent Hill!

I am most excited about the thermal imaging in the BLK; but at 32k I and not in on it.

Cool Video, i worl at Leica in Switzerland

Awesome Video Matt!

Rich bastard, i live un fucking México, way out of muy budget, the hell with this

We have this unit with processing available for hire in Canada / USA / Caribbean.

We've been using lidar in the film industry regularity since the Marix, but for the most part this is through our vendors and not often done in pre-production as we're still in the bidding stage. You make a good case for prioritizing it sooner though, or investing in one as a production company or studio.

great content! i think LIDAR will become standard in film and tv as its invaluable for the FX side of the industry.

Hey , Matt . I am a Film student and wanna learn how to do the step printing shot . Can you make a video about how to make the step printing shots in front of camera and in the post production process ? Thank you very much !!!

Great video. Really informative and exactly what I was after.

dude that shirt is great, what is it?

how did you export the pointcloud to open it in cinema4d?

i've tried e57, but it just won't work...or did yo import the mesh? if so: how did you proceed the pointcloud into a mesh?

Sick. This is an extremely valuable and relatively straightforward way of preproduction. Love it, will need to invest in Cine Designer!

Es genial!!! Saludos desde Leica Ecuador!

This is probalby the best ELI5 about laserscanning and BLK360 Demo I've seen. Great video!

Great vid, thanks for sharing.

one question bro. So you import the point cloud into camera4D and model the house from point clouds. Did camera4D make the modeling automatically or one made it ? Thank you

You can achieve the same scan results with an Asus Zenfone AR and Dot3D app or Google Open Constructor app. Phone costs $250 and apps are free.

Lidar is widely used in the film industry.

Hi, how you exactly convert that to cinema file? Directly from Recap Pro or? Thank you.

Hello! :) Your video is awesome! and how did you import the scanner data in С4D?

I took the BLK 360 for an experiment - but I can not load this data in C4D or in Nuke

can we use android phone instead of ipad

Hello, how do you transform point cloud to 3D mesh model ?

Liedar is weak, so many missed spots make it too time consuming.
Better use computer vision with 360 cameras, maybe?

is it possible to transfer project to CAD and modify? like add some 3d cad blocks, e.t.c....

How much is the going rate for doing LIDAR imagery for architecture?

How do you convert point cloud to 3d faces? Cinema 4d imports rcp files?

This is a piece of crash!!!! There as much better quality options for much less. I’ve owned 2 of these and I have a huge regret. I can’t get rid of them

Can I make scan in deference elevation in the same file..
I mean to make scan for the ground floor 1st floor and 2ed floor in the same file
Hope to find answer

As usual GREAT
thanks for your sharing

Excelente! saludos de Ecuador

I have been talking about this tech for the past 6 years. I am glad that the price of this tech is coming down a alot.

It needs a lot of AI to autonomously model objects based on LIDAR and photo data. For example, if AI can determine something is a wall, it would vastly streamline the 3D model conversion from the point cloud. Cleanup of the model would cost less time with the user just confirming or preserving details lost during streamlining.

I wona spend the money for the blk 360 but i want the image quality of the pro 2 and suggestions its going to mostly be used for matterport but i want the option to do more using the blk 360 anyone please help

It's very usefull for archeology and science, but can totaly be use for movie sfx or video game, attached to a drone can be very usefull too, but People can also have access to satellite data base.