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Let The Scan Truck preserve your digital identity by creating your own personal avatar. Avatars are a great way to establish your online presence, and can be used in a variety of virtual platforms. From cinematics to online gaming, our custom avatars come optimized and ready to plug in. Our team of digital designers and 3D character artists can also make any minor adjustments and corrections to fit the style and image you need.

The Scan Truck’s comprehensive Avatar Creation service seamlessly transforms 3D scans into fully rigged characters, suitable for a wide range of applications, including Unity and Unreal Engine projects. Our expertise and experience in this field has helped us achieve a robust track record in bringing our client’s creative visions to life, regardless of the industry.

Our Avatar Creation Services Include:

• Precise 3D Scanning: We start by capturing precise 3D scans of individuals or objects, ensuring every detail is faithfully preserved in the digital realm using our mobile 3D scan truck and other equipment.
• 3D Modeling: Our skilled artists use the scan data to create detailed 3D models, carefully refining them to match your specific requirements.
• Rigging and Animation: We breathe life into your avatars by meticulously rigging them, enabling natural and fluid movements. This process is essential for character animation in Unity and Unreal Engine.
• Unity and Unreal Integration: Whether you’re developing games, immersive experiences, or simulations, our avatars seamlessly integrate into either an Unity or Unreal Engine environment.

Use Cases for Our Avatars:

• Video Games: Create lifelike player characters, NPCs, or enemies, enhancing the immersion and gameplay experience.
• Virtual Reality: Craft interactive avatars for VR applications, making virtual interactions feel more realistic.
• Music Videos: Bring your music to life with animated avatars that can sing, dance, and engage with your audience.
• YouTubers and Content Creators: Elevate your online presence with custom avatars, making your content more engaging and recognizable.
• Film and Video Production: Incorporate avatars into your productions for special effects, unique characters, or digital doubles.
• Training and Simulation: Develop training simulations with avatars to create realistic scenarios for educational or corporate purposes.
• Interactive Storytelling: Use avatars to enhance interactive storytelling in apps, websites, and virtual experiences.
• Advertising and Branding: Create memorable avatars for advertising campaigns, mascots, and brand promotions.
• Social Media and Live Streaming: Enhance your presence on social platforms and live streams with personalized avatars that interact with your audience.

At The Scan Truck, we’ve mastered the intricate journey from raw scan data to polished, game-ready assets. Our data processing pipeline is a well-oiled machine, designed to transform complex scans into assets that seamlessly integrate into your gaming projects.

Here’s a glimpse into our data processing workflow:

1. Scan Data Acquisition: We start by capturing high-quality scan data using our cutting-edge equipment, including 3D scanners and photogrammetry systems. Whether it’s capturing physical objects or environments, our expertise ensures precision and detail.

2. Data Cleanup: Raw scan data can be dense and unrefined. Our skilled technicians meticulously clean and prepare the data, removing noise, artifacts, and imperfections to ensure a clean foundation.

3. Retopology: This crucial step involves creating a new, optimized 3D mesh (game-ready asset) with a lower polygon count. This not only reduces computational overhead but also ensures smooth performance in games.

4. UV Unwrapping: Proper UV mapping is essential for textures to adhere seamlessly to the 3D model. Our UV unwrapping process ensures efficient texture application.

5. Optimization for Specific Game Engines: We tailor the asset for your chosen game engine, be it Unreal Engine, Unity, or another. This optimization ensures that the asset seamlessly integrates with the engine’s rendering and physics systems, maximizing performance and visual fidelity.

6. Texture and Material Mapping: Our artists apply high-quality textures and materials to bring life to the 3D model, capturing every detail and nuance.

7. Rigging and Animation (if needed): For character models, rigging and animation are integrated to make them interactive and dynamic within the gaming environment.

8. Quality Assurance: Rigorous testing and quality assurance checks ensure that the final game-ready asset meets the highest industry standards, free from glitches or issues.

9. Delivery: Depending on your needs, we can deliver a fully optimized asset ready for your chosen game engine, or we can provide a high-poly hero-level asset to hand over to a studio with its own pipeline. Your project’s requirements are our priority.

Our unique pipeline can specifically cater to our clients’ particular needs while also maintaining top industry-level quality and accuracy.

Our data processing expertise is more than just a service; it’s a commitment to delivering assets that enhance your gaming experience. Whether you need an asset optimized for a specific game engine or a high-poly hero-level asset to collaborate with other studios, trust The Scan Truck to turn your scan data into immersive, game-ready assets that captivate players and bring your vision to life.

We offer onsite, completely portable, self sufficient and mobile Photogrammetry Services with our exclusive Scan Truck stationed in Los Angeles, servicing the west coast and and our scan trailer stationed in Albuquerque to cover the East Coast. Let us come to you! Our fresh and friendly Scan Truck will have you in and out with top quality scans from the comfort of the location of your choice.

Equipped with 160 cameras for optimal and efficient coverage, The Scan Truck is your best solution for mobile 3D scanning!

Let’s explore how our services can support your unique requirements.

• High-Quality 3D Models: We excel at turning photographs into highly detailed 3D models, capturing every nuance with precision and accuracy.
• Efficiency Meets Accuracy: Our state-of-the-art photogrammetric techniques ensure swift and precise data capture, saving you time without compromising on quality.
• Versatile Applications: Our Photogrammetry services cater to a wide range of industries, from historical preservation to digital fashion, visual arts to VR/AR projects.
• Realistic Visuals: Achieve authenticity in your projects with lifelike 3D models, suitable for various applications including film, architecture, and more.
• Seamless Integration: Our 3D models seamlessly fit into your workflows, making them valuable assets for architects, designers, and filmmakers.
• Creative Freedom: Enjoy the creative flexibility that our Photogrammetry service offers, tailor 3D models to your specific project requirements. 
• Global Reach: With mobile cross polarized photogrammetry trucks stationed on both the East and West coasts of the USA, we provide accessible 3D scanning services wherever your project takes you.
• Future-Proof Solutions: Stay at the forefront of 3D technology with The Scan Truck. Our Photogrammetry services embrace innovation, ensuring your projects remain cutting-edge.
• Expert Guidance: We’re more than a service provider; we’re your creative partner. Our team is here to offer guidance and support to help you realize your vision.