Bringing digital twins to life

1. The EarthCam 4D enables virtual design and construction (VDC) teams to overlay and synchronize live images with their digital twins.

2. Users can step back and forth in time on an intuitive timeline to view live images in relation to their 4D models. Powered by Bentley’s iTwin platform, the EarthCam 4D application augments 4D models from their SYNCHRO 4D software with high-resolution imagery provided by multiple cameras on site and overlaid in precise alignment. Viewers can zoom in and out of the views and the associated live images remain synchronized. Unique transparency/opacity and model color settings open up new and powerful ways to compare models to reality and contrast them over time.

EarthCam, a provider of webcam technology and services, announces EarthCam 4D, the first solution to fully synchronize time-sequenced imagery with 4D design models.

In this way, project participants no longer need multiple software interfaces and different sources of stored images to access this important comparative information. According to management consulting firm FMI Corporation, 13% of work time is spent searching for project data and information. Synchronization of real-time imagery with a SYNCHRO 4D model in a single interface provides instant, real-time verification of every steel beam assembly and window installation against 4D models, simplifying project management for SYNCHRO users worldwide.

Monitoring of the planned construction based on the actual development of the works on the site

We are excited to partner with EarthCam and use the EarthCam 4D application, which allows construction teams to compare planned construction with actual progress.

Additionally, the EarthCam solution integrates time-lapse imaging with interactive 3D models linked to construction schedule data, which provides tremendous value for customers.

EarthCam joins the growing innovation ecosystem developing digital twin applications on Bentley’s iTwin platform.” said Sheena Gaynes, director of business development, iTwin Platform at Bentley Systems.

Bentley iTwin allows us to merge the high-resolution images from our cameras with SYNCHRO 4D models and develop valuable applications that increase our customers’ return on investment. About the project status to all those involved. With a simple web viewer based on Bentley’s iTwin technology, anyone can now virtually compare the situation on the construction site with the planning. By combining 4D models from SYNCHRO with EarthCam’s reality models, everyone on a project can quickly view project progress, identify issues, and stay on schedule and on budget from anywhere,” said Rich Humphrey, VP, Civil Engineering at Bentley Systems.

Digital twins are fundamentally increasing productivity in construction,” said Brian Cury, CEO and founder of EarthCam.