If contractors knew the best way to capture site data for each kind of job, whether it was using laser scans, drones or their own smartphones, it would certainly solve some problems up front. Last November, the Oracle Industry Lab performed an experiment to get to the bottom of the jobsite reality capture debate.
A simple setup: Should a contractor use stationary or mobile LiDAR, robot-mounted scanners, a structured light 3D scanner, piloted or autonomous drone video and photography, 360° videos or regular smartphone videos to best document their project?
