Matterport secures new investors for its virtual reality 3D mapping tech
Matterport, a company creating tools to allow 3D spaces to be scanned into virtual reality,
Matterport has raised $56 million to date, including a $30 million Series C in June of last year led by Qualcomm Ventures.
One of the main external-facing metrics for success that the company is sharing are “visits” or views of the scanned 3D models. In August of 2015, Matterport had seen 10 million visits to its properties. Fast forward a year and that number has increased dramatically, the company just announced that it has surpassed 60 million visits to the nearly 270 thousand structures that have been scanned using Matterport’s tech.
The company’s revenues are comprised of both the sales of its $4,500 Matterport Pro 3D Camera and the monthly subscription fees, ranging from $49 to $149 per month which allow users to host their scanned models on the site. The camera is an interesting beast, using a technology called Lidar to blast lasers across a space and capture a full visual scan of the area from that perspective.
See the full story here: https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/09/matterport-secures-new-investors-cash-for-its-virtual-reality-3d-mapping-tech/