Alex Harvey

Co Founder of @RiVR_uk - VR, 360 video, drone pilot, video editor. addicted to #photogrammetry. Dad to 3 small humans.

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

I’ve had this feeling before.

Meta Hyperscape is making me think about feelings that I used to have around Polycam

When they release their mobile app, I was absolutely addicted to scanning objects and we push the limit a bit and did quite a few environments

But we always went back to reality capture for the larger areas When using photogrammetry

So back to the feeling that this captured device is making me have! It makes me want to capture all of my spaces and my street around me and all the historical places I can.

Now I need Meta to make it into a product and / or a market place / online museum / google maps competitor type place.

@Polycam3D

@MetaQuestVR

@Meta

[SciTech Era @SciTechera]

Thats awesome!

A developer used Al-powered 4D Gaussian Splatting to convert flat video footage into dynamic 3D spatial scenes.

The system reconstructs different camera angles and depth information from ordinary footage, making it possible to navigate scenes in three dimensions.

We're moving from recording video to digitally recreating reality itself.

[Filipe @filicroval]

🤖 wake up, new 4d tool!

Take any normal 2D video → instantly turn it into fully explorable 3D space.

You can now orbit, tilt, and view the scene from angles that literally never existed in the original footage.

This is 4D Gaussian Splatting (from 4dv) and it’s next-level.

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Feeling really proud!

Today me and Laura Harvey delivered her first Job Box VR into Mcdonalds UK!

And has just booked her first public talk about it on 10th June!

We have the next order for Job Box already looking forward to announcing who the next client is!

#JobBoxVR

thanks for the last minute render Scott Gibson

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

@hughhoufilm Thank you for your feedback Back. I have not seen it yet. You have made me want to go and watch it 30 cameras is insane. I saw you handling one and I was impressed.

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

This feels like the perfect form factor for a future immersive headset!!

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Loving seeing this with my eye balls

[GameVerse @TheGameVerse]

This video alone proves photorealism has been achieved in video games 🔥

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Battery hack - 3d print - orders gone through the roof for my wife!

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

@dam32600 I feel this is a great thing to experience and to be able to scan so fast

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Most people aren’t aware this technology exists!

Just before I went on stage at the Amey conference I scanned the balcony with my Meta quest 3 so I could talk about rapid reality capture on stage.

When I came off stage the Scan was ready.

Here’s the screen capture talking you through how to scan an area and Making a meta Hyperscape #3DGS Gaussian splat 🫟

Imagine how many assets you could scan yourself within your organisation?

Downside There’s no export options so your stuck in metas ecosystem.

#meta #amey @Meta

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

@QuxFooBas i get alot of people saying they were not aware of it, i did 2 big talks recently where big industry didnt know about this

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

I scanned the balcony just before I went on stage

Using meta
Hyperscape

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Just wrapped up the Innovating for Growth panel at the Amey Leadership Conference in London.

What a brilliant discussion with John Faulkner, Josie West, Sue Daley and the wider audience on how we can genuinely drive innovation in large organisations not just talk about it, but make it happen on the ground.

I really enjoy stepping into organisations, challenging the status quo, and helping teams build a genuine culture of innovation that delivers real results.

Whether it’s through sharp strategic thinking, practical implementation, or hands-on technology demonstrations, I love making innovation tangible.

If you’re running a conference, leadership offsite, or technology event and want a speaker or demo that actually sparks action (not just slides), drop me a message. Always happy to come in and help.

#Innovation #Leadership #TechForGood #Infrastructure #DigitalTransformation

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Hyperscape scan day 1 results.

Scan was done with my Meta quest VR headset in 3 stages and took about 15mins of walking around in mixed reality with a headset on in this church.

#saved forever in meta #hyperscape

Unfortunately, because this was done in the Preview version, I can’t share my Scan with anyone. But I can show videos of the old scans I did when I was testing the early beta software.

I’ve got 4 days of different scans to show.

@MetaforDevs

@Meta

[Hugh Hou @hughhoufilm]

New Apple Immersive Video release on Spatial Film. This one is for the love of history, culture, and immersion.
Link 🔗 https://t.co/aphp06yRas

Step inside the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 one of the oldest and best-preserved medieval buildings in the country, where centuries of English history are still standing. It does not let cameras in often. Keeley and I got a day inside.

A medieval guildhall from the 1300s. Later transformed by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and lifelong favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, into a home for wounded and retired soldiers. More than 600 years later, it still serves that exact purpose. The same walls. The same job. You feel that the moment you walk in.

Look at the Apple Vision Pro library right now. Landscapes. Concerts. Drone reels. Travel. All beautiful and amazing. But a real history tour, inside a building this old, walked through room by room with the story told as you go? There is almost none of that. This is what our channel has always done - indepth historical research, original storytelling. We are just doing it now in the format that really deserves it.

I keep coming back to the same idea with this format. It is the best way to preserve a place in spatial. Most people will never walk into this building, or even know this gem existed. Now they can stand in it in 8K per eye, 3D spatial, at full scale. Just look around. Explore it with us.

We got to go somewhere around the world most people can’t. So we want to share it, pass on the knowledge, and the experience, in the best format there is for it.

Out now, free, in the Spatial Film app on Apple Vision Pro. Go see it.

Trailer on YouTube: https://t.co/zJW9AWMvMG

#AppleImmersiveVideo shot on @Blackmagic_News URSA Cine Immersive exclusively for #AppleVisionPro

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Making infinite pixels with XGRIDS portal cam

Photorealistic historical preservation. @XGRIDS_OFFICIAL

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

The best thing to focus on while filming 3D 180 Is a McDonald’s receipt next to your head.

Scott Gibson and Laura Harvey shooting job Box VR content at #mcdoanlds

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Back out filming 3D 180 immersive content for McDonald's today with Scott Gibson and Laura Harvey on the Canon R5.

#mcdonalds #vibe

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Four penny smoked ribs at the Four penny shop #warwick #food #ribs

Smoked on site in medieval warwick

Meta glasses 🤓 helped mentioned this fpv feeding cam

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

Scanned the clock tower in Kenilworth using mini 4 drone 400 photos uploaded through Polycam web, processed for 30 mins , cropped it on iPhone Polycam app, upload and publish from phone. Download print ready file from Polycam straight inside Bambu labs for printing.

[Alex Harvey @AlexTench]

@spatialinsider @gracia_vr This is great how can I see it in headset ?