Frequently Asked Questions About CupixVista 3D Maps, 360 Cameras and More

The dollhouse is a 3D representation allowing viewers to explore the entire space from an aerial perspective. What's more, viewers can measure distances, slope angles, and areas; even create elevation heat-maps. It offers an entirely new lens through which to view your site and uncover insights viewers never would've noticed before.

A panoramic photo virtual tour allows a user to navigate through a series of panoramic images. These images are stitched together to form a 360° view of the selected locations, allowing the user to look around in all directions as if they were physically present. CupixVista samples out panoramic photos from 360-video image frames and maps them into the 3D dollhouse.

A 360° camera is a type of camera that is able to capture images and videos in all directions at once, creating a spherical panorama. They typically have multiple fish-eye lenses that allow them to capture a wide-angle view of the scene.

To get started with CupixVista, you'll need one of these:

•  Insta360 ONE X2
•  Insta360 ONE RS 1-inch
•  Insta360 X4
•  Ricoh Theta X

These models can be found online at the Insta360 store, Amazon.com and B&H as well as in brick-and-mortar stores like Best Buy!

No, CupixVista also supports standard 360 videos at 30 FPS, but they can create large files (several gigabytes for 10 minutes). Using 2 FPS reduces file size and makes uploading smoother.
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However, if you'd like to test 360 video at 30 FPS:
•  For Insta360 Cameras, switch to 'Video Mode' to set it at '30 FPS.'
•  With Ricoh Theta X, choose 'Video' mode and adjust 'Video Size' to '4K 30FPS' in the 'Shooting Settings' menu.

Unfortunately, no. For the best possible results, please refrain from using it as it may cause distortion and ultimately lead to processing failure.

Right now, CupixVista supports video recordings of up to 20 minutes (=1,200 seconds) in length. When you upload video footage longer than 20 minutes, our system processes the initial 20 minutes.

With a 20-minute walk, you can travel up to 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) of distance. Depending on the layout, it is typically possible to navigate through an area of 6,000 m² (60,000 ft²) in a 20-minute video capture.

For optimal outcomes, we highly suggest you mount your 360° camera on a selfie-stick. Especially, with the Insta360 Extended Edition Selfie-Stick you can change your shooting angles and perspectives by modifying the stick length up to 10 feet (3 meters) while recording a 360° video. By taking advantage of this flexibility, you'll be able to capture the site from various angles and heights from a single 360-video walk.

Keeping up a typical walking pace of 4-6 km/h (or 2.5-4 mph) is essential to producing high quality 3D dollhouses. Moving too quickly will decrease the accuracy and precision of the result, meaning that you should be sure to maintain a steady speed during walking for optimal results.

To attain the clearest footage possible, it's important to ensure that your 360° camera travels at a speed similar to walking. Attaching a 360° camera to a vehicle that goes faster than the speed of walking can frequently result in unacceptable outcomes.

If you fly your drone at a steady pace, similar to walking speed, our system will be able to process it without difficulty. Expand your aerial videography possibilities by affixing various compatible 360 cameras to drones, enabling you to capture immersive 360-degree footage during drone flights.

It is important to avoid walking around excessively dark spaces. When you can easily recognize objects in your surroundings from afar, you know the lighting levels are just right.

If you plan on shooting indoors, take advantage of the natural lighting available by picking a time during daylight hours. Additionally, to avoid any reflected glare from bright lights, make sure to turn off any excess light fixtures in your space.

Generally, the 3D depth of each pixel is computed through the visual consistency between different images in a photogrammetric 3D dollhouse generation process. However, in certain circumstances, the visual similarity may be deceptive. For instance,

•  Textureless surfaces such as bright white office walls
•  Areas through glass walls
•  Mirrors and reflective surfaces
•  Illuminating, radiant lighting fixture
•  Glossy highlights on the floor

These surfaces often result in either minimal or no point coverage.

In addition to maintaining a consistent walking speed, we recommend finishing the 360 video recording near the initial starting location. Our software is capable of recognizing past locations visited and correcting drift errors that may have accumulated over time.

We anticipate that processing will be completed within four hours, though this timeline may take longer depending on the volume of processing requests.

You will receive your 360 video processing results in CPC file format. CPC is Cupix's proprietary format containing a 3D dollhouse, panoramic images, measurement data and more. Its geometry data has been highly compressed to make the file size compact yet efficient compared to other standard point clouds formats. With the free Cupix VistaPoint software available at vistapoint.cupixvista.com, you can open CPC files and seamlessly export mesh, point cloud and panoramic images into standard file formats.

It would be a good idea to double check the possible root of this issue. 3D dollhouse generation can be hindered for various reasons:

•  You may use Sticky Lens Guards.
•  You walked or whirled too quickly.
•  You navigated in overly dark areas.
•  There were numerous mirrors or glass walls present.
•  Your 360-camera was incompatible or defective.

CupixVista extracts a panoramic image for every five to ten meter grid interval of the space you take a 360-video record, as well as any locations where you pause walking for three to five seconds. All images are geolocated and aggregated into a 3D dollhouse coordinate system which enables effortless virtual navigation in Cupix VistaPoint software.

CupixVista does not offer a 3D map hosting service. We remove your 360-video files and any resulting data files after six months have passed. You can permanently delete your files whenever you wish. As a fully hosted and managed solution, CupixWorks offers a comprehensive suite of secure hosting and collaboration solutions tailored for your enterprise. For further information, please visit www.cupix.com.

By following a few simple tips, you can achieve up to 98-99% accuracy in measuring schematic dimensions that are longer than 5 meters in distance!

•  Walk at a steady pace while shooting a 360° video.
•  Keep away from excessively dark spaces.
•  Finish your video recording near the initial starting location.
•  Laser-measure key dimensions and refine the scale of the 3D dollhouse in VistaPoint software.

The resolution of CupixVista's 3D dollhouse can be quantified by calculating the average distance between two adjacent points, which amounts to 4 cm approximately.

CupixVista has the capacity to compute the depth of each image pixel starting from 50 cm up to 5 meters (1.6 - 16.5 ft). It can only obtain points on the surface that are within this range.

It depends on the accuracy requirement of the reconstructed BIM. If you wish for a fast, rough estimate of as-built BIM, then CupixVista 3D dollhouse should serve perfectly!

CupixVista has been developed with the goal of capturing sites, not objects. Even so, you can shoot 360-videos that encapsulates a small structure or machinery and gain adequate geometry of them as long as our 3D dollhouse resolution meets your expectations.