FarField Technology Announces the Launch of its SilverService(TM) Meshing Bureau for Laser Scanner Data.

FarField Technology annouce the launch of their surface meshing bureau - suitable for 3D data obtained by laser scanners, which may be used in various markets for 3D capture (eg film, animation, reverse engineering, cad/cam, medicine, etc). The service provides mesh repair, data smoothing, and guaranteed hole-free models, using a new, break-through method, FastRBF.

23 August 2002  Christchurch, New Zealand. FarField Technology launches SilverService (PRWEB) August 25, 2002 - a meshing bureau service for users of 3D laser scanner data, or anyone requiring mesh repair, data smoothing, and guaranteed hole-free models.

"Lidar scanners can produce point cloud data containing many millions of points", says Dr Bruce McCallum, FarField Technology Senior Engineer. "The trick is obtaining a meaningful output - the lidar data is often noisy, and a surface is required as opposed to a collection of points," says Dr McCallum.

Using mathematical techniques developed over the last five years by ARANZ, the FastRBF(TM) engine models the scanned data points, from which a mesh of any particular resolution can be output. SilverService combines this with the expertise at FarField Technology, enabling the user to get the end result that they require, without having to spend money and time on software and staff training.

"More and more of our customers appreciate being able to utilise our products and in-house skills without having to commit to another software package, and SilverService now makes the FastRBF technology publicly available to the general scanning community", says Dr McCallum. And their customers represent a diverse group of users. John Ristevski, University of California, Berkeley, used the FastRBF technology to surface the lidar scans of an archaeological site at Tambo Colorado, Peru. Says John Ristevski, "FastRBF provides an efficient and robust alternative for processing laser scan data. It's ability to remove small holes and interpolate between areas of missing or deficient data is superior to other software packages on the market".

On an even greater scale, Cornell University called on FarField Technology's expertise to surface the asteroid Eros from thousands of noisy point measurements, as part of NASA's NEAR program. Jonathan Joseph, of Cornell University, reported on the service: "Thank you very much for the prompt and excellent service. The shape is now looking very nice. You're leading me to believe you can fix anything in a day or two. If you could also incorporate the accuracy-per-measurement feature, your software would be everything I dreamed of."

About FarField Technology Ltd

FarField Technology Ltd (www.farfieldtechnology.com is an ARANZ company, that integrates and customises FastRBF(TM) technology for application-specific products. Application areas include laser scanning, rapid prototyping, medical imaging, computer graphics, scientific visualisation, and geophysics. FarField Technology also provides consultation on surfacing and density modelling problems.

The FastRBF engine, developed by ARANZ, represents a break-through method in scattered data interpolation and approximation.

For further information contact:

Mark Nixon
FarField Technology Ltd
PO Box 3894, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone: +64-3-374 6120; Fax: +64-3-374 6130
Email: m.nixon@farfieldtechnology.com
www.farfieldtechnology.com

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