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 Matterport Axis smartphone rotator | Image courtesy of Matterport  Text Me 5 Minutes Before WGAN-TV is Live | WGAN-TV: Matterport Axis Motorized Mount Smartphone Rotator: 1st Impressions | Guests: Gilroy, California-based Dave Avilla, Real Estate Photography and Coldwell Banker Realty Agent | www.CBnorCAL.com | CalDRE # 01075392 and Jeff Nitschke, Owner, CaptureNW covering North Idaho and Eastern Washington State | www.CAPTUREnw.com | Episode #141 | Thursday, 14 April 2022 WGAN-TV Live at 5: Matterport Axis 1st Impressions Hi All, 1. Are you a real estate photographer thinking about buying a Matterport Axis? 2. Are you a real estate agent thinking about buying a Matterport Axis? 3. Are you a Matterport Pro2 3D Camera user thinking about buying a Matterport Axis? 4. Wondering how the Matterport Axis compares to a Matterport Pro2 3D Camera, Ricoh Theta Z1, X and SC2? 5. As a Matterport Service Provider, how can you position the Matterport Axis to your clients who ask your advice about the product? Then watch WGAN-TV Live at 5 - 5 pm ET - on Thursday, April 14 2022: ✓ Matterport Axis Motorized Mount Smartphone Rotator: 1st Impressions My guests will be two WGAN Forum Members that often post reviews in the WGAN Forum: Jeff Nitschke (@lilnitsch) Owner CaptureNW North Idaho and Eastern Washington State www.CAPTUREnw.com [Jeff was previously my guest on WGAN-TV: A MSP Customer Journey: Jeff Nitschke with CaptureNW] and ... Dave Avilla (@Dataventurer) Real Estate Photographer and Coldwell Banker Realty Agent Gilroy, California www.CBnorCAL.com | CalDRE # 01075392 [Dave was previously my guest on WGAN-TV: 31 Statistics to Help Sell Virtual Tours to RE Agents] Dave plans to shoot the same property with the Matterport Axis and Ricoh Theta SC2. Jeff plans to shoot the following home with the Matterport Axis that he previously shot with: 1. Matterport Pro2 3D Camera 2. Ricoh Theta Z1 2. Ricoh Theta X 3. Ricoh Theta SC2 Camera: Matterport Pro2 3D Camera | Matterport 3D Tour by CaptureNW Owner Jeff Nitschke Camera: Ricoh Theta Z1 | Matterport 3D Tour by CaptureNW Owner Jeff Nitschke Camera: Ricoh Theta X | Matterport 3D Tour by CaptureNW Owner Jeff Nitschke Camera: Ricoh Theta SC2 | Matterport 3D Tour by CaptureNW Owner Jeff Nitschke Questions that I should ask Dave and Jeff? Best, Dan WGAN Forum Related Links 1. WGAN Forum discussions tagged: Matterport Axis 2. Matterport Axis Smartphone Rotator Now Available for Purchase 3. Matterport Axis Will Help Democratize the Creation and Use of Digital Twins 4. Free Matterport Axis + Tripod w/ WGAN Standard Membership (1 Year Pre-Paid) 5. Matterport Blog: Better capture made simple: Matterport Axis™ origin story 6. Matterport Video>Start your Matterport 3D capture journey: Which Device/Why --- 1. Matterport Axis via Amazon ($79) 2. Matterport Axis + Tripod via Amazon ($89) 3. Matterport Axis + Tripod + Starter Pack ($149) ---  Prepay for the 1st 12 Months of WGAN Standard Membership  WGAN Standard Membership Return on Investment Calculator Free Matterport Axis + Tripod with WGAN Standard Membership (12 Months Pre-Paid) |
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The tripod feels super cheap  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by @lilnitsch @lilnitsch Don't worry. It's only your $1,000+ iPhone that goes on top of it.  Dan |
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| @lilnitsch Feel free to start a new WGAN Forum discussion topic with your observations, 1st impressions, examples. etc. Best, Dan |
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| Hi All, See more from @lilnitsch in this related WGAN Forum discussion: ==>Matterport Axis first impressions Dan |
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| Hi All, @lilnitsch and @Dataventurer have posted at length about their Matterport Axis 1st impressions in this WGAN Forum related discussion: ==> Matterport Axis first impressions What questions should I ask @lilnitsch and @Dataventurer on WGAN-TV Live at 5 this Thursday, 14 April 2022? Best, Dan |
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| In another group I was asked about direct sunlight scans with the Axis system however, I live in the Pacific Northwest and we have been pretty grey and have even been getting a bit of snow | ||
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| @lilnitsch Dan |
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 Received Monday, 11 April 2022 | Matterport Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphone Camera - Motorized Rotating Mount + Matterport Tripod |
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 Matterport Tripod[/url] Hi All, As first posted by @lilnitsch in the WGAN Forum, the Matterport tripod that ships with the Matterport Axis is DIFFERENT than the one Matterport featured early on in the Matterport training video first posted by Matterport on 8 February 2022 (see Matterport Axis training videos below). ==> Videos: Matterport Axis SmartPhone Rotator: Setup-Calibrate-Scan-Overview I will plan to ask @lilnitsch and @Dataventurer) for their thoughts about this Matterport tripod on WGAN-TV Live at 5 this Thursday, 14 April 2022. Dan Video: Matterport Axis: Unboxing, Setup and Calibration with Amir Frank | Video courtesy of Matterport YouTube Channel | 8 February 2022 | Part 1 of 2 Video: Matterport Axis SmartPhone Rotator: Scanning and Overview with Amir Frank | Video courtesy of Matterport YouTube Channel | 8 February 2022 | Part 2 of 2 |
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| I noticed when capturing the Complete Scan it kept throwing a "Error Unable to complete scan due to an error in the depth session." of corse this would be towards the end of the second pass resulting in having to start the scan position over. The Complete Scan also, had more stitching errors and took about Two hours compared to about a 1/2 hour with the single pass |
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Matterport Axis smartphone rotator | Image courtesy of Matterport Text Me 5 Minutes Before WGAN-TV is Live | WGAN-TV: Matterport Axis Motorized Mount Smartphone Rotator: 1st Impressions | Guests: Gilroy, California-based Dave Avilla, Real Estate Photography and Coldwell Banker Realty Agent | www.CBnorCAL.com | CalDRE # 01075392 and Jeff Nitschke, Owner, CaptureNW covering North Idaho and Eastern Washington State | www.CAPTUREnw.com | Episode #141 | Thursday, 14 April 2022 |
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| WGAN-TV: Matterport Axis Motorized Mount Smartphone Rotator: 1st Impressions | Guests: Gilroy, California-based Dave Avilla, Real Estate Photography and Coldwell Banker Realty Agent | www.CBnorCAL.com | CalDRE # 01075392 and Jeff Nitschke, Owner, CaptureNW covering North Idaho and Eastern Washington State | www.CAPTUREnw.com | Episode #141 | Thursday, 14 April 2022 WGAN Forum Podcast #90 Hi All, Big thanks to Jeff Nitschke (@lilnitsch) and Dave Avilla (@Dataventurer) for being my guest on WGAN-TV Live at 5 earlier today, Thursday, 14 April 2022 (above) to help you decide if Matterport Axis is right for you: 1. Are you a real estate photographer thinking about buying a Matterport Axis? 2. Are you a real estate agent thinking about buying a Matterport Axis? 3. Are you a Matterport Pro2 3D Camera user thinking about buying a Matterport Axis? 4. Wondering how the Matterport Axis compares to a Matterport Pro2 3D Camera, Ricoh Theta Z1, X and SC2? 5. As a Matterport Service Provider, how can you position the Matterport Axis to your clients who ask your advice about the product? Still got questions about the Matterport Axis? WGAN Forum discussions tagged: Matterport Axis Best, Dan |
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| Just a quick question to you after watching the interview and seeing the three of you talking about the time for single pass but I did not hear anyone talk about the work flow of the capture app. Normally I am marking windows walls and mirrors in between scans, here it is all on the phone. Two follow questions, one you were able to complete the scans in 30 minutes including all mark ups on the app? Second how was it doing the mark ups on your phone? Last question if you were on sight can you upload from your your phone using data or did it require a Wi-Fi connection? | ||
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| @ron0987 while I do not like marking up models on the phone I was able to mark mirrors as I went along then I marked up windows and trimmed the model just prior to uploading which maybe took an additional minute or two | ||
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| My example was a small home (under 1,800 SqFt) so, I just uploaded it with my data plan | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DanSmigrod Transcript (video above) Amir Frank: Welcome Matterporters. This video is all about Matterport Axis. What we're going to be talking about today is this guy right here. Let's go ahead and unbox it. This is what you're going to get. When you open it up, you're going to have a few things inside. You've got the motor mount, the arm clamp, a remote control a 3/8-1/4 inch tripod adapter, and a USB charging cable as well as the quick start guide. Here is your motor mount. In my case my thread adapter is right here in the bottom, let me take this out. There it is. This is what the 3/8-1/4 inch thread adapter looks like and if it's not in the bottom of your motor mount it's going to be in a little ziplock bag, right in your case. Because I'm using the bundled tripod, I actually don't need this thread adapter, however if you are using a different tripod with a 1/4 inch 20 thread, this adapter is going to come in very handy. Now before I go ahead and set this up, let's check out the tripod. This is the tripod bundled with your Matterport Axis if you did go ahead and choose the bundled package with a tripod. Again, you can definitely use your own tripod if you want, but this is the one that is currently bundled with Matterport Axis. No different than most tripods out there, the legs just expand out like this and you have three quick release clamps that allow you to extend the legs. I'll go ahead and unclamp all of those, extend the legs all the way and clamp them shut, I'll do that to all three legs. Right now the three legs are fully extended, but the center post is not extended all the way, which we definitely want to do that. At this height, the tripod is about 37 inches and that is well below what we recommend. I'll go ahead and loosen the center post just by twisting this center posts right here and also this knob it needs to be loose, so It's two things, this knob as well as the center post need to be loosened up, the center post comes up, we can re-tighten it with this knob right here, as well as securing it in place with this center post right there. Right now my tripod space is at about 45 inches which is great. With the motor mount I'm going to go ahead and thread this on right now. I find that it's a lot easier to thread the motor mount on before attaching the clamp and camera. Now, we'll go ahead and take my clamp out. Before attaching this to the motor mount, I'm going to go ahead and attach my phone to the clamp. My phone is an iPhone 12 Pro Max with a case on it. It is pretty wide. I need to go a little bit more. Before I go ahead and clamp this shut on my phone, tightening it into place, I want to make sure that my lens is properly aligned with the center of this horizontal pivot point. If you don't know which lens on your camera is the ultra-wide angle lens or if you don't have an ultra-wide angle lens, it's just a normal lens that's going to be used by capture. But if you do have an ultra-wide angle lens, that's the lens that capture is going to be used. Again, if you're not sure which one of your lenses is the ultra-wide angle lens you can go ahead, turn on capture, start a scan so that you can see what's going on through the lens and just use your finger to cover each one of the lens until you find the one that's covered up. Pro tip, go ahead and clean the lens with a lens cloth after you've done that. In my case, the ultra-wide angle lens is this one right here. I just need to make sure that this lens and the center of this pivot point are aligned. I just need to eyeball it. It doesn't have to be perfect, but as close as possible is definitely recommended. Now I've got the lens aligned with the horizontal pivot point and I can go ahead and place the clamp into this unit here. You'll notice that there is a white arrow on the top of the motor mount and a ruler on the base of your clamp. Depending on your phone and whether you're using a case or not, that will determine what ruler marking is going to line up with the arrow. In order to find out, I'm looking to align the ultra-wide angle lens with the center of the motor mount. On this side, I have a dark gray arrow here, I also have this knob right there, and then basically you're going to try and eyeball just to see that they are pretty close. Right there it looks pretty good. For anybody who wants to get this extremely precise, I do have some tips on how to do that, and I'll get to that at the very end of the video. Now with the phone connected to the arm clamp that is connected to the motor mount that is connected to my tripod, I've got my lens height at 54.5 inches, which is just short of the recommended 55 inches. That is perfectly fine no one will ever notice that half inch difference. This little compact tripod really does do a great job at setting your camera lens at an appropriate height for capturing your digital twin for many different use cases. Now I have properly aligned the ultra-wide angle lens with the horizontal and vertical Axis and I can go ahead and turn it on. Right here in the front are four little LED lights that give me a rough estimate of what the battery level is for Matterport Axis. Now it is simply a matter of turning on my phone and accessing Matterport capture. Press the plus sign down here in the bottom to create a new model. My phone automatically recognized Matterport Axis, so you can see down here in the bottom in the camera button, it says iPhone Plus access. In order to use the remote control, it's just a long press on the Capture button in the middle. Hold that down, and after about a second, you'll see the blue light come on. Now you can see that the camera button, it says iPhone plus Axis plus remote and I know that all the devices are talking to one another. You can also see in the top-left corner that it says Axis at 86 percent battery and the remote is at 33 percent battery. This remote does use a very simple watch battery, it's easy enough to just take the bottom right off and access the battery that way. Now I'm basically ready to scan, that's all there is to it. I'll go ahead and press the "Remote" button and initially it'll say, "Get Started", it's just the first time that I'm using this with this model. I'll just hit, "Get Started". Now because I don't have this tilted down just a little bit as I should, it's giving me this warning at the bottom and all that means is I need to loosen up this pivot point that we talked about before, move this down about 15 degrees. As long as this white dot is pretty much in the middle of that circle, it doesn't have to be perfectly centered, you can go ahead and scan. Press the "Remote" button a second time to begin scanning. As you can see, setting up your iPhone with Matterport Axis is very simple and it's really no different with your Android device. As long as you connect Matterport Axis through the capture app on your Android device, you won't be required to enter a password. However, some Android devices, if you don't do that, if you connect through the Bluetooth settings in your Android device, you will be required to insert a password and that is eight zeros. It's just the number zero eight times in a row. Since you have this remote control, you can definitely go ahead and hide behind the corner when Matterport Axis is rotating or you can go ahead and walk around the screen side of your phone. As with any other capture devices, however, anytime you are capturing whether you're hiding around the corner or walking around the backside of the camera, look out for yourself in reflections. If you can see the camera, the camera can see you. But basically that's really about it. Scanning with Matterport Axis is really no different than scanning with any other device. Three sixty is of course captures the entire spherical image at once. This is more like the Matterport Pro 2 in that it does take several images to complete the full 360 degrees sphere. I went ahead and use Matterport Axis to capture this property. Let's go ahead and check out what that looks like. Amir Frank: You can see in that clip just how easy it is to capture using your smartphone when you are using Matterport Axis. So much more easy and consistent than if you just use your smartphone alone. Let's go ahead and check out that model that I captured. You can see as I move around, the image quality is really quite good. I don't see nearly as many of the stitching artifacts and that's thanks to the consistency of the rotation that Matterport Axis provides. I can also look back at the doll house and see that this looks like a great dollhouse and really a great model altogether. That's really it, that is Matterport Axis. You can see how easy it is to set up and align your phone with the device itself, as well as the benefits that using Matterport Axis provides you. For anybody using smartphone capture, this is a great companion device. It truly allows you to scan a lot faster, a lot more precise, and with a lot less fatigued than you would without using it at all. Not only that, the image quality of your digital twin is going to be really stunning because after all you are using your phone's camera. If you do have any more questions about Matterport Axis checkout our FAQ@support.matterport.com. If you've stuck with me this far, you are interested in calibrating your phone's lens very precisely with Matterport Axis and this is how I went ahead and did that. Normally your phone is going to be in Matterport Axis like this and what I want to do is flip the phone over, but I don't want to rotate it like this, what I want to do is flip it so that the screen is like that. Now what I can actually go ahead and do is open up the camera app. This is the idea. I'm using the wide-angle lens, because that is the lens that's going to be used when I'm in capture. If you don't have a wide-angle lens, that's fine just use the regular lens because you don't have wide-angle lens, that's the lens is going to be used. I want to take a picture of this. I'll go ahead and snap a shot right there, go ahead and take this now into something like Photoshop. I've got my image open in Photoshop and very simply, I'm going to go into the rulers here and grab a guide and it's just going to snap right into the center of that and I can see that perfectly centered with this lens is going to be whatever this marking is below the two. I know that this is exactly where I need to align it, which is great, I can take my phone out now. Very easily, line this up right there and just tighten it down. There you go. I really hope that will help you sleep better at night. |
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