Vitaliy Goncharuk argues that 3D mapping technology developed by his company, Augmented Pixels, Inc, is more valuable than Google Maps. The proprietary technology includes visual SLAM for cameras, sensor fusion, loop closure detection, and support for additional sensors. It can map indoor and outdoor environments with accuracy under 1 cm, enabling applications like autonomous navigation, augmented reality, and analytics using indoor maps and sensor data. The accumulated knowledge and new services enabled by precise 3D mapping will exceed the value provided by Google Maps.

1. SLAM 3D Maps Worth More
Than Google Maps
Vitaliy Goncharuk
Augmented Pixels, Inc
2017

2. Proprietary Technology Stack:
- Mapping, Point Cloud;
- Visual SLAM for Mono / Stereo Camera;
- Sensor Fusion(Gyro + Accelerometer);
- Loop Closure, Recovery;
- Scene Semantics;
- Support of additional sensors like Sonar and LiDAR;
- Cloud infrastructure for Maps;
Performance:
120 fps on iPhone 7, 65 FPS on Odroid C2 2 Cores, 47 fps
on Raspberry Pi 3.

3. 3D MAPPING

4. Tracking
Performance ~ 120 FPS on iPhone 7

5. Autonomous Navigation

6. Autonomous Navigation

7. Inside Out Tracking for AR Glasses

8. Autonomous Navigation & Inside Out
Tracking Modules
Stereo / Mono(fisheye) + IMU + Raspberry Pi 3

9. Platfroms

10. Cloud infrastructure
Cloud

12. R&D

13. Analytics

14. Indoor Maps + Outdoor Maps

15. Human <-> 3D MAPS <-> Robot

16. Future

17. AR Glasses = new “iPhone”

18. Autonomous Cars & Trucks

19. Autonomous Drones

20. Agriculture

21. Construction

22. Warehousing

23. Conclusion
- Accuracy < 1 cm(vs GPS’ 6 meters);
- Improvement of current patterns of behavior
(autonomous navigation, etc.);
- Creation of fundamentally new services, patterns of
behavior;
- Accumulation of fundamentally new knowledge, which
will exceed the value of Google Maps in many times!

24. http://augmentedpixels.com
vit@augmentedpixels.com
+14086684340
CEO/Founder:
Vitaliy Goncharuk
Address:
720 University Ave, Suite 200 Palo Alto, CA 94301