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From Local to Global: Scaling 3D Pipelines with AWS and RapidPipeline

At DGG, our mission has always been to help enterprises scale their 3D data workflows, fast, reliably, and at production scale. With the upcoming launch of our new RapidPipeline plugins at SIGGRAPH 2025, we’re opening the door to seamless integration with the tools 3D professionals already use, and setting the stage for scalable, cloud-first workflows […]

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Build an Immersive Virtual Reality Experience of Amazon Fulfillment Center Tour

Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of warehouse efficiency, inventory planning, and supply chain management, Amazon continues to innovate with its Fulfillment Center (FC) model. Amazon offers free in-person and virtual tours at select locations worldwide, to introduce the people, technology, and processes behind customer order preparation. Amazon Tour allows customers to see different types […]

AWS and Meta’s GenAI with XR Hackathon: Shaping the Future

AWS and Meta Hackathon organizing team The AWS and Meta teams collaborated to host the first-ever GenAI and XR Hackathon. Held from August 27-29 at Amazon’s East Palo Alto office, this event explored the combined power of AWS’s generative AI (GenAI) technology and Meta’s Presence Platform capabilities. Attendees leveraged AWS GenAI tools, including Amazon Bedrock, […]

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3D Gaussian Splatting: Performant 3D Scene Reconstruction at Scale

August 28, 2025: The instructions in this blog post have been implemented in an AWS Solution, Guidance for Open Source 3D Reconstruction Toolbox for Gaussian Splats on AWS, that includes an end-to-end pipeline for 3D reconstruction that is deployable via AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) or Terraform. To learn more, refer to the solution’s implementation guide and sample code. […]

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3D Design Reviews On-demand with Autodesk VRED and AWS

Introduction 3D product visualization and virtual prototyping are integral to product design, especially in industries including Manufacturing and Automotive. Last year, teammates from the AWS Spatial Computing community wrote a blog post about Autodesk VRED, a software package that helps designers’ prototype and collaborate on high-quality streams or renders of engineering artifacts. That post, titled […]

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Creating Extended Reality (XR) Applications on AWS

Introduction This blog post introduces readers to creating extended reality (XR) applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). As XR technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) continue to advance and become more accessible, their potential to transform various industries and applications is undeniable. AWS offers robust services and tools that […]

Orthophotography with OpenDroneMap on AWS

Introduction In this post, I demonstrate how to create and visualize an orthomosaic from aerial images using a technique called orthophotography. This is done through the use of OpenDroneMap (ODM), QGIS, and DroneYard. ODM is a software toolkit for processing aerial imagery and creating 3D models, maps and other geospatial products. QGIS, a Geographic Information […]