We support Insta360 One X2, and One RS 1-Inch cameras so if you already have one, you can attach it to a hardhat and use that to capture your site walk in 360, then upload the data for us to process.

Phones can be used to take additional photos if you want extra detail on certain objects.

Most customers will buy their own camera if they're going to use Oculo regularly throughout the course of a project but we do also hire out our cameras for more occasional use. This includes the one-off site scans we offer to demonstrate how Oculo will work for a particular site - you don't need to have your own camera, or to buy one just to take advantage of this.

Oculo can work on virtually any type of site as it doesn't depend on WiFi or GPS. That means that it can be used on construction projects that are indoors, outdoors or even underground.

As it doesn't require BIM it can also be a great way to digitize, and work remotely, on renovation projects that aren't easily compatible with other online platforms.

Yes, Oculo can be used internationally without any issues; all that's needed is for someone from the onsite team to scan the site with a 360 camera when they do their usual site walk. So if you have a site in another country that you can't get out to very often then Oculo is a really great way to see what progress is being made.

Yes! We support multiuser viewing and collaboration of the site scans. You can easily share the link to a specific scene with your client, QS, or subcontractor. If you set them as editors, you can also have their comments stored in the 360 space.

There is also no restriction on the number of collaborators per project, so once the site survey has been created, this can be viewed and used by multiple people across your project regardless of whether they are onsite, working remotely or based elsewhere. This can also help minimise the number of times professionals such as Project Managers and QSs need to be onsite.

No, BIM is not needed for Oculo, which means that it can be used on all sorts of projects including renovations of older buildings and those where limited site plans and documentation exists.

This is possible because the SLAM algorithms Oculo uses create their own 3D trajectory rather than relying on and annotating any pre-existing model.

That said, we do work with BIM and are able to reconcile the pictures taken against the model and display them in a side-by-side view, simplifying comparison of reality against plan.

Oculo uses face blurring techniques to prevent the unauthorised identification of people working on your site. This means that we do not store any data that we do not have permission to capture.

See our Privacy Policy for more details on how we manage data.

We know on-site wifi, GPS and network reception are not always perfect on building sites, so we’ve ensured that Oculo can scan your site without any sort of connectivity. This also means that Oculo can be used as normal in basements, tunnels and on sites without an internet connection.

The one thing you do need to be connected for, is to upload the site scan footage recorded by the camera, but if that’s a problem there are also other ways that you can send the data to us instead.

Oculo utilizes machine learning for automatic object recognition and classification.  By using millions of images to train our ML software, we can automatically recognize objects on the streetview, derive insights, and identify actions that are needed. Our face-blurring technology is one example of this.

Oculo site scans are “as-live” which means that they record how the site is at a specific moment in time; we recommend regular scanning so that this is as near to real time as needed by the team and reflects the speed at which the development is progressing, which in some cases means daily scanning. We cannot capture live or real-time footage as most sites do not have sufficient connectivity for this.