Industry Predictions 2025 – Mosaic

By Ivan Hepp LiDAR specialist/Product Manager at Mosaic

Navigating a new path for mobile mapping and immersive environments

As 2025 approaches, we see a significant convergence of technology primarily used for mapping and surveying, expanding more readily, efficiently, and accessible into fields related to VFX, AR/VR, metaverse development, and video gaming.

Additionally, our latest release, an imagery-focused mobile mapping system, highlights the importance of photogrammetry and imagery-based workflows. It redefines data collection efficiency and confirms our belief that imagery and photogrammetry represent the path forward for many industries.

Here’s how we foresee the industry evolving and how Mosaic plans to lead these advancements.

Technological Innovations Driving the Industry

In 2025, we anticipate significant advancements in combining high-resolution imagery with virtual environments. Platforms such as NVIDIA Omniverse enable the creation of realistic, physics-driven simulations, supporting applications like AI training, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. High-resolution 360 imagery provides the photorealistic detail necessary to ensure these systems function accurately in real-world scenarios.

The Meridian mobile mapping system – the latest release by Mosaic – sets itself apart from traditional laser scanning tools by optimizing the amount of data collected. While many competitors prioritize gathering excessively dense datasets, this approach often overwhelms workflows and complicates analysis. In contrast, Meridian strikes the perfect balance: it collects a sufficient amount of data to ensure AI models and automated point cloud evaluation software function seamlessly. This approach not only accelerates the data collection process but also simplifies management, ensuring users focus on actionable insights rather than sifting through unnecessary noise.

While laser-based mobile surveys remain critical for many applications, an increasing number of tasks can now be efficiently handled using high-quality panoramic imagery. Applications such as manhole detection, traffic sign inventories, and infrastructure mapping increasingly rely on image-based surveys. High-resolution panoramic imagery can handle these tasks efficiently, reducing reliance on more complex and resource-intensive approaches.

Expanding Applications Across Industries

High-quality imagery and mobile mapping systems are proving their value in diverse fields beyond traditional mapping:

• Visual Effects (VFX): Panoramic imagery and 3D mapping streamline workflows in film production, enabling photorealistic environments.
• Cultural Heritage: 3D imaging preserves historical sites while enabling new forms of engagement.
• Digital Twins: High-resolution imaging supports the creation of virtual replicas for urban planning, asset management, and entertainment.

These applications demonstrate how precise imaging and photogrammetry tools can address a variety of challenges, from preserving cultural landmarks to simulating environments for immersive experiences.

Market Trends: Meeting Changing Demands

Consumer and market behavior in 2025 will lean heavily on adaptability and immediacy. Industries such as entertainment, urban planning, and logistics are increasingly seeking tools that allow them to capture and analyze data with minimal downtime and maximal detail. Photogrammetry-based systems meet these needs by offering reliable and scalable solutions.

Furthermore, the industry faces a critical challenge: excessive data generation. Many tools on the market produce overly dense datasets that require significant resources to process and analyze. Mosaic’s approach, embodied by their latest MMS, prioritizes precision over quantity, ensuring that users can extract actionable insights efficiently. This philosophy aligns with the growing demand for simplicity and speed in data workflows.

In addition, the demand for immersive experiences will only increase. Consumers expect AR/VR environments and metaverse platforms to mirror real-world physics and visuals.  By combining advanced imaging tools with virtual twin technology, developers can create immersive environments that replicate real-world physics and visuals.

Artificial Intelligence Integration: Paving the Way for Physical AI

The role of AI in our industry cannot be overstated. In 2025, AI will not just analyze data—it will learn from and interact with it in real-time. Mosaic is working to integrate its imagery systems with AI-driven platforms like NVIDIA Omniverse, enabling creators and engineers to train AI in virtual spaces that faithfully replicate the physical world.

High-resolution imagery and 3D mapping provide the foundation for “physical AI,” where AI systems learn and operate in virtual environments that mimic real-world conditions. By enabling robots, autonomous vehicles, and other systems to learn in a simulated yet physics-accurate environment, we can accelerate innovation while reducing real-world risks.

Consider the implications for the metaverse: the latest technology could become foundational for building the next generation of virtual environments. Mosaic systems provide the rich datasets required for training AI and designing immersive AR/VR experiences, ensuring that virtual worlds feel just as authentic as the real ones.

Convergence of Technologies: A Unified Future

The convergence of geospatial data, VR, ML/AI, Hollywood, autonomous driving, and VFX underscores a transformative era for technology. Whether it’s enabling filmmakers to create realistic environments, supporting autonomous systems with precise spatial data, or empowering metaverse developers to build immersive digital landscapes, high-resolution 360 imagery plays a crucial role.

Odyssey’s use of the Mosaic Xplor for generative AI and urban planning exemplifies how different industries can leverage a shared technological foundation to drive innovation. Similarly, Mosaic’s collaborations with VFX studios and autonomous vehicle developers highlight the growing versatility of mobile mapping tools.

Looking Ahead

As the lines between physical and digital continue to blur, Mosaic is excited to be at the forefront of this transformation. By combining the power of high-resolution imagery and laser scanning with AI-driven innovation, we are set on charting new paths and discovering how best to innovate our industry and others. Whether in asset management, urban planning, or metaverse creation, high-resolution imagery will remain indispensable for capturing and understanding our ever-evolving world.

We look forward to an exciting 2025 and invite you to join us on this adventure!

For more information, visit mosaic51.com.

About Author:

Iván Hepp has been working with LiDAR data for 10 years. During his career, he has experienced the challenges of point cloud evaluation and the various applications of the technology, from cemetery surveys, monument preservation, and road and railway planning to tree surveyors. He is determined, based on his experience, that point clouds are not a final product but an aid to the most accurate digital mapping of our world. That’s why he joined the Mosaic team, where he is working to create a new, form-fitting but simple mobile laser scanner that perfectly fits the needs of the market.

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