Whenever we talk about 3D visualization tools, most people immediately think of 3D renders and high-quality images displaying how the future, real version of a project currently in construction or about to break ground will look like, as well as its impacts on the surrounding environment. However, today’s guest goes beyond the common use of such tools for the presentation of a specific project itself. He applies them to a much larger scale, making use of AI and machine learning. Today’s episode features William Pryor, vice president of business development at Geopipe, a firm that captures, buys, enhances, and provides immersive digital twins and rich 3D data about real cities, highly powered by machine learning. They are bringing our ‘old-fashioned’ 2D examples to the 3D world, as well as improving some areas of the 3D space, such as creating things visually more accurate, but in smaller files. William and Sam dive deeper into some aspects of what the future may look like for the 3D visualization world, as well as how competition for ‘the Earth’s digital twin’ will possibly play out. William also gives a quick how-to guide on how to fly a drone in order to map a terrain on your own, and touches on somewhat delicate issues: the creation of a unified system that can monitor the unmanned aircraft traffic — the famous FAA’s UTM system —, and the restrictions involved when digitizing specific areas, e.g. Area 51. Do not forget to subscribe to our weekly update on Vision, now including videos on the progress being made, showing the behind-the-scenes movements, challenges, successes, the features being added, and much more. Resources Mentioned William Pryor - LinkedIn / william@geopi.pe Geopipe - Website FAA’s Mobile App - B4UFLY FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management - UTM Beyond CAD - Website / Vision Weekly Update Sam Lytle - LinkedIn / sam@beyondcad.com