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Articles, guides and case studies: everything we have written about capturing and using 3D data equipment in Singapore.

Handheld SLAM LiDAR: capture while you walk.

What handheld SLAM scanning actually is, what it produces, and why renting is the rational entry point for most teams.

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Handheld SLAM LiDAR scanner in use on a site walk

Articles & guides

Explainers, how-tos and field notes from the team.

As-Built Drawings From a 3D Scan
As-Built Drawings From a 3D Scan

What as-built drawings are, when a Singapore project needs them, and how scanning produces them faster and more completely than manual measurement.

Matterport Pro3 LiDAR tour-capture camera available for rental in Singapore
Matterport rental in Singapore

Pro3 pricing from S$2,000/week, the Matterport account requirement, and when to rent a LiDAR scanner instead.

A reality-capture scanner documenting a real environment as spatial data
Physical AI & 3D capture data

How point clouds, meshes and 3DGS scenes feed simulation, robotics and AI training pipelines.

Scanner handover during a rental onboarding session
How much does 3D scanning cost in Singapore?

The 2026 price guide: weekly rental rates, cost drivers, worked examples, and when to hire a firm instead.

A professional LiDAR scanner beside its rental case
Rent or buy a LiDAR scanner?

Purchase prices vs weekly rates, honest break-even maths, and the utilisation question that decides it.

3D Gaussian Splatting reconstruction of an interior
3D Gaussian Splatting capture, in practice

What 3DGS is, what the capture workflow looks like, and which rental devices produce it.

Point cloud aligned with a BIM reference model
From point cloud to BIM reference

How to capture point clouds a BIM team can model against: scanner choice, capture, and deliverables.

The Lixel K2 rental kit laid out
Renting the Lixel K2 in Singapore

The complete starting guide: what’s in the kit, the approval process, and how to prepare your site.

A point cloud being processed on screen
What is a point cloud?

A plain-English explainer: what a point cloud is, how it’s captured, and what you can build from it.

A Gaussian Splatting reconstruction compared with other methods
Photogrammetry vs LiDAR vs 3DGS

Three ways to capture reality in 3D, compared on accuracy, speed, cost and best use.

A corridor-scale point cloud from a walking capture
3D mapping with handheld LiDAR

How handheld SLAM maps interiors, sites and corridors by walking through them, no tripod required.

From the field

Capture stories from real Singapore sites.

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