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News from the world of 3D & high-end hardware

Schneider Digital unterstützt das Fraunhofer IPT bei der Entwicklung von CAMStylus.

AI innovation on the shop floor with Fraunhofer IPT and Schneider Digital

04.04.2025
Schneider Digital is supporting the Fraunhofer IPT (Institute for Production Technology) in the development of CAMStylus – a pioneering solution that combines virtual reality and artificial intelligence for the intuitive creation of toolpaths. This technology revolutionises CAM programming through precise gesture recognition and AI-supported optimisation. Find out more in an Industry of Things article: ‘Paint first, mill later – cutting tool paths can now be drawn using AI’.
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How to choose the best passive 3D stereo monitor for GIS and mapping?

21.02.2025
Choosing the right monitor plays a decisive role in precise GIS and mapping work. In his article for Surveying Group News, owner Josef J. Schneider describes everything that needs to be considered, such as IPS technology and ergonomic functions.
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Schneider Digital Tebis-zertifizierte Workstations

Tebis-certified workstations for maximum performance and efficiency

13.02.2025
Tebis AG, a leading provider of CAD-CAM software solutions, and Schneider Digital, a renowned manufacturer of professional workstations, have established a pioneering technology partnership. We will create the perfect workstation for your Tebis application – a solution that combines maximum performance, reliability and efficiency.
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Punktewolken Datensatz der Stadt Helsinki für die 3D-Stereo Betrachtung

Synergy for 3D perfection: TerraSolid and 3D PluraView

14.01.2025
The combination of TerraStereo software from TerraSolid (Finnish geospatial software company) with the 3D PluraView monitor and the Stereoscopic Mouse Cursor from Schneider Digital is indispensable for productive work in the 3D stereo environment. Efficient point cloud processing and precise correction of incorrectly grouped objects, improved spatial perception through 3D stereo visualisation and flexible trimming optimise workflows.
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Josef Schneider spricht über die neuesten Entwicklungen in der Open-Source-Community und die innovative Präsentation von QGIS 3D Stereo

Forward-looking presentation of QGIS 3D Stereo

16.10.2024
Video-interview by Surveying Group with Josef Schneider, founder and owner of Schneider Digital, at INTERGEO 2024: Schneider talks about the latest developments in the open-source community and the innovative presentation of QGIS in 3D stereo. In addition, the latest technology for stereo streaming will be presented, which works both via internet browser and from a remote computer to a Syn client.
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Schneider Digital auf der Intergeo 2024 Review jetzt ansehen

Review INTERGEO 2024: Live presentations by our software partners & live lecture by O. Grimaldi

10.10.2024
September 2024: Schneider Digital presented pioneering 3D stereo visualisation technologies at INTERGEO 2024 from 24 to 26 September in Stuttgart, which are making a decisive contribution to digitisation in the field of geoinformation. The trade audience experienced our stereo monitors in action during live presentations by our software partners Bitmanagement Software GmbH, ESRI, FARO, HEXAGON, RhinoTerrain, Trimble and Zoller & Fröhlich. Another highlight: Orlando Grimaldi will be speaking on the Expo Stage about…
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High-performance hardware for municipalities and authorities

02.09.2024
Whether in construction planning, smart city projects or digital citizen services – Schneider Digital offers customised complete solutions that are optimally tailored to the needs of authorities, cities and municipalities. At a time when cyber attacks are a real threat, a strong IT security strategy is essential. With Schneider Digital, local authorities have a strong partner at their side that not only offers hardware, but also comprehensive advice and customised solutions.
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LiDAR News talks about 3D stereo visualization in use at Fortsite

31.08.2024
Lidar News is interested in innovative companies and their use of advanced technologies with enhanced visualisation and modelling and planning results. For this Q&A feature, Gene Roe, founder of Lidar News, interviews Geoff Lawless, Registered Professional Forester at Forsite.isualisation, about the company’s growth and its use of Schneider Digital’s 3D technology (distributed by KELYN3D)
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LiDAR News Customer Q&A: M.A.N. Mapping Services on the use of 3D visualisation technologies

29.08.2024
Lidar News is interested in how innovative companies and individuals are using advanced technologies for improved visualisation and better modelling and planning results. For this Q&A feature, Lidar News editor Gene Roe interviews technician Dennis Shimer of M.A.N. Mapping Services Inc. in Ohia/USA and how he uses Schneider Digital’s 3D PluraView technologies (distributed by KELYN3D) in his daily work.
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3D PluraView x Robotic System Lab ETH Zurich - Demonstration der Telemanipulation während ARCHE 2023

Total Control in Telemanipulation on 3D PluraView monitors presented at ARCHE 2023

31.07.2024
In July 2023, the event ‘Advanced Robotic Capabilities for Hazardous Environments’, ARCHE for short, took place in the French-speaking part of Switzerland near Avully. The revolutionary telemanipulation capabilities of the ALMA system from the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich were presented in action in conjunction with the technology of the stereoscopic 3D display of the PluraView monitor. This combination enables precise and immersive control for complex and dangerous tasks.
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3D monitors digitalise the forest

25.07.2024
Forest Mapping Management (FMM) in Salzburg (Austria) has set itself the task of digitalising the forest for the future. A large number of modules can be found under the affiliated palos platform (https://palos-platform.com/) for forestry, for example for digital timber measurement, tree monitoring, growth analysis, digital hunting management and GPS. The statement that you can’t see the wood for the trees is not a problem for the technology of the 3D PluraView monitors from Schneider Digital, on the contrary: Wh…
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3D PluraView and 3D GlobeView: New 3rd dimension for Tebis CAD/CAM

09.07.2024
Tebis presented the latest version of its software at the Tebis in-house exhibition 2024 on 12 and 13 June in Martinsried (Bavaria): Tebis 4.1, now with impressive stereoscopy on the 3D PluraView desktop monitor and the 3D GlobeView big-screen monitor. Schneider Digital’s stereoscopic monitors enable precise and immersive 3D visualisation and provide realistic depth perception and detailed visualisation. Discover the perfect symbiosis of Tebis 4.1 and 3D PluraView as well as 3D GlobeView.
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Schneider Digital has moved!

22.04.2024
We have moved! New location, new address! After careful consideration, we have decided to relocate our offices to expand our capacity and better serve our customer base. Our current location has restricted us in our growth due to limited space and resources. The new location will provide us with more space to expand our workstation and monitor production, increase our warehouse and improve our customer service with larger office space.
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LidarNews customer interview with Towill about 3D technology

17.04.2024
Questions and answers in LidarNews’ interview with George Maalouli, Chief Photogrammetrist at Towill, Inc, a leading international company in geomatics services and technologies and geographic information systems (GIS): Maalouli describes the benefits of years of cooperation with KELYN Technologies, authorized distributor of PluraView 3D monitors in the USA and Canada, and the positive experience of using Scheider Digital’s PluraView 3D monitors:
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Ambit at the Hong Kong 3D Geospatial Summit 2024

05.04.2024
On April 29, 2024, the 3D Geospatial Summit 2024 will take place in Hong Kong under the motto “The Synergy of City Big Data and Geo-AI for Smart Government”. As one of the 10 industry leaders for geodata solutions, Ambit will be there to showcase relevant, future-oriented technologies in this industry with the 3D Pluraview and 3D GlobeView.
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Review ISE 2024 in Barcelona: Schneider Digital in cooperation with VNS Inc.

19.03.2024
Schneider Digital and VNS Inc. presented an impressive demonstration of their products at ISE 2024 that redefine the boundaries of visual technology. The seamless integration of the passive 3D stereo monitor 3D PluraView with VNS Inc.’s GeoBox opens up fascinating possibilities for high-quality edge blending and the conversion of various 3D formats.
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Review GeoWeek 2024 in Denver, CO: 3D stereo geo-visualization in focus

22.02.2024
Innovative 3D visualization with the PluraView & GlobeView. This year’s GeoWeek took place from February 10-12 in Denver, Colorado. Schneider Digital demonstrated live onsite with its partners KELYN3D and Cardinal Systems with VrThree what the future of geoscience looks like.
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Seeing the whole geospatial picture in 3D – without VR

22.12.2023
The use of stereoscopic visualization is helpful for many geospatial applications, including viewing point clouds and maps generated from lidar collection. When working with massive 3D datasets, PluraView monitors from Schneider Digital can be a powerful tool to help bring work to new levels of detail and clarity – without the fatigue and short working times offered by virtual and augmented reality devices. Geoweeknews.com reports on this.
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Josef Schneider in an interview with SURVEYING GROUP at Intergeo 2023

13.12.2023
The Managing Director of Schneider Digital talks about the revolutionary mouse cursor for 3D modeling at Intergeo 2023. In an interview with SURVEYING GROUP, Joseph Schneider explains the rationalization of work processes and the resulting increased precision. Schneider draws the comparison with: “As precise as a surgeon!”. The youtube video provides further information and explanations.
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Exclusive premiere of the 3D GlobeView at the Jumpstarter event in Hong Kong

23.11.2023
The innovative 3D visualization system 3D GlobeView celebrated its first and exclusive live demonstration in the Asia-Pacific region during the Jumpstarter event in Hong Kong. 3D GlobeView, an advanced system that aims to replace the traditional 3D glasses or Axiom AR table, transforms the results of 3D photogrammetry, BIM and point cloud data into an immersive live three-dimensional experience for digital twin applications.
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Review Smart GEO Expo 2023 in Korea – Asia’s largest trade fair for geoinformation technology

21.11.2023
The doors of the Smart GEO Expo 2023 were opened in Goyang, South Korea, from November 8-10, 2023. The 3D GlobeView Big Screen was very well received at the booth of Scheider Digital partner Wipco. Numerous visitors from the geodata industry stopped by to find out more about the advanced 3D system. The absence of conventional 3D glasses or the Axiom AR table ensured great enthusiasm among the visitors during the live demonstrations.
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Esri ArcGIS Pro compatible with Stealthmouse & Softmouse

20.11.2023
The compatible 3D input devices used for support in Esri ArcGIS Pro have now been extended to include the Stealth mice with Z-protocol and the Softmouse 3D! In combination with the 3D PluraView stereo monitor, ArcGIS Pro users now have a wide range of advanced stereo mapping functionalities at their disposal.
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DER SPIEGEL report on youtube: Deployment for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and 3D PluraView Monitor

02.11.2023
The youtube video by DER SPIEGEL |”80 years after the firestorm: On the road with the explosive ordnance disposal experts” reports on the lurking, highly explosive dangers in Hamburg’s soil. For every construction project in Hamburg, the suspicion of explosive ordnance, a vital measure for the construction team and the residents, must be clarified in advance. For this purpose, aerial image evaluators rely on the passive 3D stereo beamsplitter monitors 3D PluraView from Schneider Digital.
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Review Intergeo 2023: 3D stereo for desktop and big-screen presentation

25.10.2023
October 2023: INTERGEO positions itself in Berlin as the world’s leading platform for geospatial IT. Because digitization needs geoinformation. After three days of EXPO and CONFERENCE, the international event for the geospatial community has come to a successful close. INTERGEO EXPO and CONFERENCE proves itself once again, this year with the motto „Digitization needs geoinformation!“
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Review XXVI National Congress of the bulgarian anatomic society

25.10.2023
The National Congress of the Bulgarian Anatomical Society is held with international participation and is organised by the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology of Sofia Medical University. Schneider Digital presented its passive desktop 3D medical monitor VR PluraView for the various, complex uses in medical application areas on site. In the course of numerous personal discussions with customers, information was obtained – also specifically for Eastern European countries – and new contacts were made.
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3D stereo for desktop and big-screen presentation live at INTERGEO 2023

26.09.2023
Digitization needs geoinformation! Both are enriched by visualizing and working in 3D stereo. Schneider Digital will present the leading desktop stereo monitor 3D PluraView and the new 80″ stereo display 3D GlobeView as large format presentation medium at INTERGEO (10. – 12.10.2023 / Berlin). Visit us at booth C27.59 in hall 27 and experience leading 3D stereo hardware live in action with all Geospatial software applications.
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Sccessful participation with 3D PluraView at Open Day Photogrammetry

Successful participation with 3D PluraView at Open Day Photogrammetry

25.09.2023
As one of the first companies supporting the “Open Day Photogrammetry” conference series (ODP) three years ago, Schneider Digital was again present at ODP2023 with an exhibition stand, high-end photogrammetry workstation and the 28″ 3D PluraView at this years’ conference venue, the Münster-Osnabrück airport (FMO).
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Alliance between Schneider Digital and GeoToolBox Ibérica

21.09.2023
Schneider Digital e.K. (SDIG) and GeoToolBox Ibérica (GTBi) have today announced the signing of a partnership agreement under which GTBi will be authorized to sell and support Schneider Digital 3D PluraView and workstation/server solutions on the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America
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A 3D fusion with endless possibilities

CATIA certified for 3D PluraView

21.09.2023
The 3D software application CATIA from the French company Dassault Systèmes has already successfully established itself in many industries worldwide: in aerospace, the automotive and supplier industry, the construction industry, industrial manufacturing, energy and product technology, mechanical and plant engineering, healthcare, and Formula 1. CATIA is not just a CAD application, but a comprehensive software package for product design and development. With CATIA, users can model any product and turn it into a thr…
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Review Esri User Conference 2023 in San Diego

20.07.2023
The Esri User Conference in San Diego is one of the most important events in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). The event is the ideal platform to illustrate the technical progress in the field of GIS. The five-day conference brought a broad audience of professionals from the geospatial community to San Diego.
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Trade show booth with geospatial technologies at the Geospatial World Forum conference.

Review Geospatial World Forum 2023: Future topics of the geoinformation industry in focus

09.05.2023
From 2 to 5 May 2023, the annual Geospatial World Forum took place in Rotterdam. The conference is considered one of the most important industry events for geospatial information professionals worldwide and this year again provided a platform for discussions and presentations on current topics from the world of geospatial data. Over 1500 delegates from more than 70 countries and 700 organizations attended the event.
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SURVEYING GROUP Podcast with Josef Schneider at INTERGEO 2022

25.01.2023
The podcast informs about current trends in 3D stereo visualization. Josef Schneider informs in an interview about the latest developments in 3D monitors, from desktop stereo systems to 3D meeting room solutions with 84″ monitor diagonals.
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3D stereo monitors and VR for “3D workers” in construction and CAx

10.11.2022
Schneider Digital provides visualization expertise as well as professional 3D/VR and AR hardware, especially in the form of 3D monitors for the CAx environment. How do they work and what are their benefits? Managing Director Josef Schneider answers this question in an interview with Digital Engineering Magazine.
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Review Intergeo 2022: 3D stereo for desktop and big-screen presentation

28.10.2022
Digitization needs geoinformation! Both are enriched by visualizing and working in 3D stereo. Schneider Digital presented the leading desktop stereo monitor 3D PluraView and the new 84″ stereo display 3D GlobeView as large format presentation medium at Intergeo 2022.
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3D Stereo visualization with 3D PluraView improves Hexagon ImageStation® photogrammetry workflow

18.08.2022
Leading photogrammetry software certified for 3D PluraView stereoscopic monitor: The flexible and sophisticated ImageStation® photogrammetry environment from the Swedish measurement technology and software company HEXAGON allows particularly large volumes of aerial, UAS and satellite data to be efficiently processed, managed and used for geodata acquisition. The fact that ImageStation® meets all the requirements of international 3D workstation standards has now been certified by Schneider Digital for HEXAGON’s ste…
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Globale Marktübersicht stereoskopischer Softwarelösungen

Global market overview of stereoscopic software solutions

17.05.2022
Vendor-neutral and hardware-independent open-source compendium: Schneider Digital publishes a global market overview of 3D-capable software solutions. Over 300 applications have already been tested for their 3D stereo functionality and certified for operation with 3D monitors or power walls.
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Podcast mit Josef Schneider auf der Geospatial Community Plattform der SURVEYING GROUP

Podcast with Schneider Digital on geospatial community platform of SURVEYING GROUP

22.03.2022
There was an incredible revolution from basic stereoscopic viewers through to the recent VR/AR technologies. Schneider Digital is a great part of this revolution. The podcast „3d visualisation „How it started … How it’s going“ with Josef Schneider“ informs you about „How you can describe the transformation and what was milestone caused the technology revolution?“, „What is 3d visualization?
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3D PluraView – stereoscopic 3D-visualisation for the oil- and gas industry

02.03.2022
The optimal visualization of 3D geo-datasets is the key for geologists and geophysicists to analyze and evaluate geological and geophysical information components with the highest degree of confidence. With a 3D PuraView monitor the user benefits from a readily available, extremely bright and high-contrast 3D-stereo display on his/her desktop, when evaluating stratigraphic profiles, seismic 3D data, borehole information and derived
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Terrasolid maps the world in 3D – 3D PluraView monitors visualize in Stereo

17.12.2021
The symbiosis of Terrasolid TerraStereo software and the stereoscopic 3D PluraView monitor from Schneider Digital now ensures a visualization experience of point clouds in the highest 3D stereo quality. Measuring, capturing, analyzing and visualizing 3D data is not only convenient with these combined and innovative technologies, it also adds real to any demanding GIS workflow. The compatibility of Terrasolid TerraStereo
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Expert interview in gis.Business magazine: Nachgehakt!

02.11.2021
For which GIS applications can 3D stereo visualization be used? As part of an expert interview in the trade magazine gis.Business, the editors asked Josef Schneider about the innovative 3D stereo GEO monitor 3D PluraView. Josef Schneider has 25 years of expert knowledge, which he uses profitably for stereo geo-IT applications, among others.
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