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NCTech’s iSTAR becomes a Hollywood Star in Spielberg series EXTANT

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NCTech’s iSTAR camera featured in Steven Spielberg’s sci fi series EXTANT, starring Halle Berry.

The camera’s unique and futuristic design caught the attention of Spielberg, who’s production team reached out to Co-founder, CTO, Dr. Neil Tocher who was filming for the BBC Top Gear show in Los Angeles at the time. Neil said “We were delighted to provide the camera for such an amazing series that echos our own efforts to create and bring new fascinating technologies into reality!”

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We asked NCTech to collect and LiDAR for us across nine US cities at very short notice. We also ordered data from San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA on separate occasions. On each occasion, they delivered the data on time and we were impressed by the data quality and how quickly they mobilized their team

Big Tech

This is something the city has always wanted to do!

City CTO

This is exactly what we are looking for!

County Appraiser

You all are going to make a lot of noise in the market!

County Geospatial Business Analyst

I watched the video, and this is something that looks like it would be really cool to have a webinar on in the future.

County Planning Analyst

NCTech successfully enhances the brilliance of 360 degree virtualization. Using Sony's cutting edge image sensor technology which enables people to immerse themselves in the environment around them.

John Conry, Sales Manager

Sony

Collecting better data today means better solutions in the future. In the past, organisations have performed asset management manually and Infrequently. A car-mounted solution like iSTAR Pulsar makes this much faster and easier. And now lower cost than ever before.

Jason Clark, Director

Icon Spatial

iSTAR is very impressive it’s size, ease of use, portability and image quality make it a worthy companion for our FARO Focus Laser Scanners.

Andrew Maltby, MRICS Director

Maltby Surveys

Using the iSTAR 360 imaging system has been critical
iSTAR has provided foresight to data management considerations over the complete lifecycle of this project. Using such an efficient and consistent method of image documentation, means that we are sure to deliver within both an accurate and competitive cost-structure for our customer.

Chris El-Araj, Principal

Underhill Geomatics Ltd

NCTech is a truly pioneering company they continue to set the bar in spatial reconstruction by blending futuristic tech with accessible design and price points.

Charles Armstrong, Street View Product Manager

Google

iSTAR Pulsar is a remarkable feat — a serious product for valuable, machine learning-conducive datasets.

Program Manager

Big Tech

We licensed NCTech's high resolution street-level imagery from several cities, including Los Angeles and New York. They always delivered high quality data on time, achieved comprehensive coverage and provided excellent technical support. The engineering team continues to regard the quality of their data highly as their imagery is the most consistent and hassle-free offering on the market. I would have no hesitation in recommending them.

Large Technology Customer (Augmented Reality)

ordered mobile mapping data from NCTech to augment a digitized utility inventory tool we are building for a US City. The quality of imagery has been excellent and this will be useful for road pavement condition analysis and planning activities. We are also very impressed by the timeframe to capture such high quality data over traditional manual collection methodologies.

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NCTech Founder Dr. Neil Tocher

TerraDat i-STAR

  • Nick
  • Co-founder and Managing Director
  • TerraDat
“We use the iSTAR every other day – we’ve always got scanning jobs on – and it always goes out on them… it’s such a useful and quick tool for getting a representation of what’s there”
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NCTech Founder Dr. Neil Tocher

Real Estate Photography

  • Jim Sharp
  • Professional Photographer
  • Jim Sharp Photography
“The HDR quality is a pre-requisite for the real estate sector, so it’s amazing to be able to capture such high quality images so quickly”
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NCTech Founder Dr. Neil Tocher

Fire and Rescue Service

  • Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
The Fire Unit is using iSTAR to help them understand fires that are not cases of arson but still require investigation to establish what has happened.
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NCTech Founder Dr. Neil Tocher

Collision and Criminal Investigation

  • Paul Moorcroft
  • Forensic Collision Investigator
  • Derbyshire Police
“This, for me, is ground-breaking and something we could never have imagined would make our crime or accident scene reporting so detailed”
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Forensic Low Light Comparison

  • Eugene Liscio
  • Forensic Expert
  • AI2 - 3D
“I am really liking what this unit can do ! …”
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NCTech Founder Dr. Neil Tocher

Preserving Edwardian Architecture

  • Andy Roberts
  • Managing Director
  • Formby Surveys
“At Formby Surveys, we have been using the iSTAR 360 degree imaging for years to help with maximising our time when surveying a site. Whether we need to survey every room in a hotel, or an architecturally significant site such as One Great George Street; the iSTAR helps reduce our field times and improves the quality of product to our client”
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