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iSTAR Pulsar

the announcement of the iSTAR Pulsar is _very_ interesting, congratulations!

When do you plan to provide more information about:
- the pricing and availability of the product
- the specs and pricing of the companion cloud services
- the format of the produced data
- the software provided to visualize, exploit the produced data, like a web viewer ...
and maybe:
- sample data
- video demos for those of us who can't visit you at Geo Business

Lots of questions, and a lot of excitement :-)!

Thanks in advance,

Philippe Monteil
Solal Technologies SAS
Paris - France

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Hi Philleppe,

Thanks for your interest! To answer your questions:

- the pricing and availability of the product

Details here: https://www.nctechimaging.com/istarpulsar/

- the specs and pricing of the companion cloud services

Details here: https://www.nctechimaging.com/vrworld-pricing/

- the format of the produced data

Details here: https://www.nctechimaging.com/istar-pulsar-techspec/

- the software provided to visualize, exploit the produced data, like a web viewer ...

You can either download and use your own tools to view the data or it can be hosted on our VR.world platform via our own 360 player here: https://www.nctechimaging.com/vr-world/

- sample data

There's a sample data download link here: https://www.nctechimaging.com/istarpulsargallery/

- video demos for those of us who can't visit you at Geo Business

More videos will be released soon, but here's one of actual data captured (albeit at 4K lower resolution preview): https://vimeo.com/271978035

For any further questions, please contact our Sales Department at sales@nctechimaging.com

Andrew Baddeley
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After having read carefully the information provided by your web site I have questions about
the iSTAR Pulsar Processing Costs and more specifically about its VR.World facet:

- download of data:
- what is the format of the produced data, does it include the position of each picture and its depth map or any other form of 3D information?
- if I choose to download my data, is it erased for your servers?
- Publish to Google Street View Included:
- is publishing to Google Street View systematic or optional: can I choose to not publish my data to GSV?

- does the iSTAR Pulsar expose the Open Spherical Camera API?

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Hi Phillipe,

To answer your questions:

- what is the format of the produced data, does it include the position of each picture and its depth map or any other form of 3D information?

The format is:

  1. Stitched 11000 x 5500 px equirectagular spherical images in .png file format
  2. preview 2000 x 1000 360 video in H.264 .mp4 format
  3. source GPS data in .csv format
  4. source IMU data in .xls format

Yes it includes the position of each picture. No it doesn't include a depth map or any other form of 3D information.

- if I choose to download my data, is it erased for your servers?

That's up to you. You can either leave the data on our servers for which a monthly hosting fee will be applicable or you can delete the files from our servers.

- is publishing to Google Street View systematic or optional: can I choose to not publish my data to GSV?

Assuming you've purchased the iSTAR Pulsar - VR.World model, it's optional.

- does the iSTAR Pulsar expose the Open Spherical Camera API?

Yes, however we have an extended version of the OSC API to which not all commands are yet exposed.

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1. What are differences between Pulsar and Pulsar+?

2. What does the software data formation makes? IS it necessary for capture data?

3. Is there hardware trigger built inside any camera ?

4. How to connect external IMU and GPS to Pulsar? IS it possible to add PPS signal to PULSAR? Are Trimbe GPS and Applanix IMU  both supported by Pulsar?

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Hi Andrzej,

 

1. What are differences between Pulsar and Pulsar+?

Both systems are designed for mobile capture applications, specifically vehicle and backpack mount. The system can capture a 60.5MP 360 degree imagery at 7FPS; Capture data is stored directly on the inbuilt SSD, both systems also feature GPS and IMU sensors.
 
The iSTAR Pulsar utilises a cloud based processing pipeline through our VR.world platform; After capture is complete you upload the capture data direct from the device to our online platform for processing, after processing is complete you can either publish the images to Google Street View, or download the imagery. VR.World processing fees can be found here
 
The iSTAR Pulsar+, offers the same basic functionality as the standard Pulsar, but allows you to process the capture data outwith our cloud platform and offline using our dedicated Immersive studio processing application for PC (we charge an annual licence fee for offline processing). A benefit of using the iSTAR Pulsar+ is that you can process unlimited quantities of data for a fixed annual fee - if you plan on capturing more than 400 miles of data annually for the foreseeable future, the iSTAR Pulsar+ may be more cost effective for you, the offline data processing Licence (DFL) is charged at $4000 for an annual licence, or $9995 for a perpetual licence. 

2. What does the software data formation makes? IS it necessary for capture data?

The Data Formation Licence is (DFL) is installed within the iSTAR Pulsar+ hardware and not the Software. A valid Licence is required if you wish to process data offline using our Immersive studio application.

3. Is there hardware trigger built inside any camera ?

There is no physical connection for triggering the iSTAR Pulsar+; All commands for controlling the device are done via the mobile app.

4. How to connect external IMU and GPS to Pulsar? IS it possible to add PPS signal to PULSAR? Are Trimbe GPS and Applanix IMU  both supported by Pulsar?

As there is no means for physical connection between iSTAR Pulsar+ and external devices, synchronisation can be achieved by using a post-processing sync of the timestamped data derived from both the iSTAR Pulsar+ and the external hardware.

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