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3D Reality Modeling

Reality, Captured in Measurable Detail

Drone-based Structure-from-Motion modeling and mapping for landscaping, construction, engineering, and cultural heritage. Photorealistic models, point clouds, and orthophotos of your real site, not an artist's impression.

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Capabilities

From Flight Plan to Finished Model

We handle the full pipeline: FAA-licensed capture flights, photogrammetric processing, and delivery in the formats your project needs.

Drone SfM 3D Modeling

Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry converts hundreds of drone photos into photorealistic, measurable 3D models of real sites.

Orthophotos & Mapping

High-resolution, top-down orthomosaic maps of your site, far sharper and more current than satellite imagery.

Point Clouds & Meshes

Dense point clouds and textured meshes ready for your planning, design, and visualization workflows.

Visualization & Planning

Explore designs in context: before/after comparisons, planning views, and models your whole team can navigate.

Engineering & Cultural Heritage

Ultra-detailed reality capture for engineering documentation and the preservation of culturally significant sites.

Before & After Comparisons

Video and model comparisons that document progress on construction and landscaping projects over time.

Construction & Landscaping

See the Site Before You Break Ground

Textured 3D models, point clouds, and orthophotos give contractors and landscapers a shared, accurate picture for planning, client presentations, and progress documentation. The samples below come from several different client projects.

3D point-cloud model of a residential landscaping site
Point-cloud site model
Textured 3D reality model of a landscaping project
Textured 3D model
High-resolution drone orthophoto of a property
Orthophoto (top-down site map)

Before & after, documented from the air

3D Drone Model for Planning & Visualization

Measurement

Numbers Straight from the Model

A reality model is more than a picture. It's data you can measure directly on the mesh, without another site visit.

  • Stockpile and cut/fill volume calculations
  • Surface areas and distances on real terrain
  • Repeatable measurements as your site changes over time
Live demo: measuring stockpile volume directly on a drone-captured mesh

Flagship experience

The BYU 3D Digital Campus

Before founding Altus Reality, founder Bryce Berrett led the creation of a photorealistic digital twin of Brigham Young University's entire campus as a graduate researcher. Built from more than 83,000 drone and ground photos, it was published academically and is still in use by the university today. That depth of experience is behind every capture we take on now.

83,000+
drone & ground photos
75+
campus buildings modeled
2021
completed as university research
Complete 3D reality model of BYU campus viewed from above
The full campus model: every building, tree, and pathway reconstructed from photos
Ultra-detailed 3D model of the Helaman Halls buildings at BYU
Building-level mesh detail
Point-cloud merge visualization during creation of the BYU campus model
Point cloud to reality mesh: the meshing process

BYU 3D Digital Campus: Official Project Video

The finished BYU campus reality model, official project video

Explore it live at 3dbyu.byu.edu Read the published study in MDPI Drones
BYU stadium reality model rendered inside Unreal Engine
LaVell Edwards Stadium, reality model rendered in Unreal Engine

Beyond the model

Custom VR & Game-Engine Visualization

Captured models don't have to stay on a screen. We bring them into Unity and Unreal Engine for immersive VR walkthroughs, simulations, and interactive visualizations.

Explore VR, GIS & Consulting

Have a Site to Capture?

Tell us about your project, and we'll recommend the right capture approach and give you a clear quote.

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