Mobile 3D Scanning for Film, AI Training Data, Digital Twins & Government Programs
The Scan Truck is a Los Angeles-based mobile 3D scanning studio that captures real-world people, objects, equipment, and environments as high-fidelity 3D assets. Built on 8 years and 300+ film, TV, and game projects, and proven on government programs including a Phase II SBIR and an OTA award, we bring photogrammetry, LiDAR, and laser scanning directly to your set, lab, facility, or site, anywhere in the US.
Industries
The Scan Truck turns physical subjects into accurate, usable 3D data: scanned on location, processed by our in-house asset team, and delivered in the formats your pipeline needs.
Film & TV
Digital doubles, facial and costume scans, props, creatures, and set capture for VFX and virtual production. Credits include Dune: Part Two, Superman, Avengers: Endgame, John Wick 3, and Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Games & Real-Time
Full-cast character scans, digital doubles, props, and environments delivered as game-ready assets with clean topology, LODs, and PBR textures for Unreal and Unity. From AAA titles to real-time and XR experiences, credits include The Quarry (2K), FIFA 23 (EA Sports), Xbox Series X, and GTA with Dr. Dre.
Government, Defense & Aerospace
Phase II SBIR awardee and OTA performer. Past work includes U.S. Army productions and digitization of military equipment, weapons, and munitions, laser-scanned at 25-micron accuracy for VR training simulators. We support facility documentation, digital twins, and scan-to-simulation workflows for defense, aerospace, and public-sector programs as a vendor, subcontractor, or technical partner on SBIR, STTR, OTA, and BAA opportunities.
Automotive & Vehicles
Exterior and interior vehicle scanning for VFX, games, visualization, digital twins, and design reference. We combine photogrammetry, laser scanning, and LiDAR to capture complete vehicles at production quality, as we did for Kawasaki’s UTV and motorcycle line.
Cultural Heritage & Education
High-resolution capture of artifacts, collections, and historical environments for preservation, research, education, and public access, scanned on site without moving fragile objects. Partners include the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and La Brea Tar Pits, where we digitized T-Rex skulls, gemstones, and artworks.
3D Scanning Services
Five capture systems, one mobile studio. We bring the right scanner to your subject, anywhere in the US.
Full-Body Photogrammetry
Our 160-camera cross-polarized rig captures people at hero quality in minutes per scan, up to around 120 full-body scans a day. Mounted inside the truck, it brings full-studio capture to any set, facility, or location, with FACS expression sessions available for film-quality digital doubles.
Blue-Light Laser Scanning
Handheld blue-light laser scanning captures objects, parts, and equipment at accuracy down to 25 microns. It is the right tool for reflective, dark, or featureless surfaces that defeat cameras, and the foundation of our reverse engineering, inspection, and CAD work.
Prop & Object Scanning
High-resolution capture of props, products, tools, equipment, and artifacts, combining photogrammetry, automated photometric lighting, and laser scanning per subject. Delivered as high-poly source scans or optimized assets with PBR textures.
LiDAR Scanning
Long-range LiDAR captures environments, facilities, sets, and large spaces as accurate, measurable point clouds for VFX set reconstruction, facility documentation, digital twins, and simulation environments, all scanned on site with minimal disruption.
Drone Scanning
Drone photogrammetry extends capture to rooftops, facades, terrain, and large exteriors. Combined with ground LiDAR, it completes full-site digital twins and environment reconstructions.
Deliverables
Every project ends in files your pipeline can use, from raw scan data to hero-level assets, delivered to your spec.
Character Assets
From raw head and body scan data to cleaned high-resolution scans, FACS expression sets, retopologized meshes, game-ready digital doubles, and hero VFX doubles with full texture and displacement support. Delivered in OBJ, FBX, Alembic, GLB/glTF, USD, and engine-ready formats for Unreal and Unity.
Prop & Object Assets
Cleaned high-resolution meshes, PBR texture and material support, optimized product assets, game-ready retopologized props, synthetic data image generation from 3D models, and hero props for VFX, games, AI, or visualization. Delivered in OBJ, FBX, STL, GLB/glTF, USD, and engine-ready formats.
Environment & Facility Assets
Raw and registered point clouds, environment reference meshes, textured environments, optimized real-time scenes, and complete digital twin packages ready for Unreal, Unity, XR, or simulation. Delivered in E57, LAS/LAZ, PLY, OBJ, FBX, GLB/glTF, and USD.
Vehicle Assets
Cleaned exterior and interior vehicle scans, texture and material cleanup, optimized vehicle models, and hero assets for VFX, games, simulation, visualization, and digital twin use. Delivered in OBJ, FBX, STL, GLB/glTF, USD, and engine-ready formats.
Trusted by Hollywood. Proven on Government Programs.
The Scan Truck is Los Angeles’ mobile 3D scanning studio, bringing photogrammetry, LiDAR, and laser scanning on location and serving productions and programs nationwide.
For 8 years, we’ve been the mobile scanning partner behind some of the biggest productions in entertainment:
Dune: Part Two · Superman · Avengers: Endgame · Aquaman 2 · Fast X · John Wick 3 · Star Trek: Picard · Super Nintendo World · 300+ more
That same capture pipeline now serves government and AI programs: a completed Phase II SBIR, performance on an OTA agreement, U.S. Army productions, and military equipment laser-scanned at 25-micron accuracy for VR training simulators. Our client list includes 10 of the Forbes 100.
Why The Scan Truck
We Come to You
Mobile capture at studios, labs, facilities, museums, and government sites, anywhere the subject can’t move.
Right Method for the Subject
Photogrammetry for texture-rich detail, LiDAR for spaces, laser scanning for dimensional accuracy, often combined on one project.
Finished Assets, Not Raw Scans
In-house retopology, UVs, PBR texturing, and optimization for Unreal, Unity, and simulation pipelines.
Flexible Contracting
Direct client, subcontractor to primes and studios, or technical partner on government awards.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does The Scan Truck do?
The Scan Truck is a mobile 3D scanning studio that captures people, objects, equipment, and environments on location using photogrammetry, LiDAR, and laser scanning, then delivers production-ready 3D assets.
Can 3D scans be used for AI training data?
Yes. We scan real-world objects and environments and deliver them as clean, textured, simulation-ready assets used for synthetic data generation, object detection, segmentation, and robotics perception training, with licensing cleared for ML use.
Does The Scan Truck work on government contracts?
Yes. We are SAM.gov registered (CAGE 8KB18, UEI J7F2CB62LJA7), have completed a Phase II SBIR, and have performed on an OTA agreement. We work as a direct vendor, subcontractor, or technical partner.
What’s the difference between photogrammetry, LiDAR, and laser scanning?
Photogrammetry reconstructs subjects from photographs with rich texture detail. LiDAR captures large spaces as accurate point clouds. Laser (structured-light) scanning captures objects with the highest dimensional precision. We choose and combine methods based on the subject and deliverable.
What file formats do you deliver?
Raw high-poly source data plus optimized assets with UVs, PBR textures, and LODs, delivered in FBX, OBJ, glTF, USD, and engine-ready formats for Unreal and Unity. CAD work delivers in STL, STEP, IGES, and native formats like SolidWorks and Rhino.
Where do you scan?
We’re based in Los Angeles and scan on location nationwide. The truck is fully self-sufficient. We bring the studio to your set, facility, or site.
Bring the Real World Into Your Pipeline
Digital doubles for a feature film, object datasets for AI training, or facility scans for a government digital twin: tell us what you need captured and we’ll bring the studio to you.
The Scan Truck, Inc.
11160 Hindry Ave., Ste. E
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310.916.9894
info@thescantruck.com
Scanning on location nationwide.
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SAM.gov Registered · CAGE: 8KB18 · UEI: J7F2CB62LJA7 · NAICS: 541370, 541990 · Self-Certified Small Business · © 2026 The Scan Truck, Inc.