3D Geospatial Capabilities Expanded Through Maxar, Blackshark.AI Partnership
Maxar Technologies is expanding its 3D geospatial capabilities through a strategic investment in Blackshark.ai.
“By integrating our industry leading Vivid basemap with Blackshark algorithms, we expand our customer set by complementing our high accuracy Precision3D portfolio with this lighter weight, visually stunning option.”
Dan Nord, Maxar Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Earth Intelligence.
Blackshark will leverage Maxar’s global cloudless satellite imagery basemap, Vivid, to create a highly performant and photo-realistic 3D map for enterprise and government customers in industries such as gaming, metaverse, simulation and mixed reality environments. For example, this type of offering would enable flight simulator customers to access immersive 3D digital experiences with low latency and global scale. Intended for customers who may not need the global accuracy of Maxar’s full Precision3D suite.
The strategic investment in Blackshark allows Maxar to bring additional 3D geospatial capabilities to broader markets for more customers and opens up a new revenue stream from Blackshark.
The Blackshark platform processes petabytes of satellite imagery in hours, and it detects and segments objects, roads, vegetation, and other infrastructure on the surface of the planet without human intervention. This semantic information is used to create a comprehensive 3D digital model of the world.
“We’re excited to partner with Blackshark.ai to extend our geospatial analytics offering and bring a AAA video-game quality 3D digital twin of our planet to market,” said Dan Nord, Maxar Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Earth Intelligence. “By integrating our industry leading Vivid basemap with Blackshark algorithms, we expand our customer set by complementing our high accuracy Precision3D portfolio with this lighter weight, visually stunning option.”
“The combination of our offerings positions us to create a digital twin of our planet as real as it gets," said Michael Putz, Founder and CEO of blackshark.ai. "We cannot wait to see our customers and partners using this to disrupt many industries.”
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