RealityScan (formerly RealityCapture)

RealityScan is the new name for RealityCapture, the photogrammetry application developed by Capturing Reality, which Epic Games acquired in 2021. Epic renamed it with the RealityScan 2.0 desktop release in June 2025. The software aligns large sets of photos and laser scans, then produces triangle meshes, textures, orthophotos and georeferenced outputs. Version 2.0 added aerial LiDAR support, so airborne point clouds can be combined with aerial and terrestrial imagery. It also added AI background masking, improved alignment on surfaces with few features, and heatmaps that show where coverage is weak. It suits drone survey teams, engineering and construction firms that need reality models of sites and structures, and game and VFX studios that build scanned assets. Version 1.5 added COLMAP export for radiance field workflows. Licensing is simple. Students, educators, and individuals or companies with less than 1 million USD in annual gross revenue get every feature free. Larger organisations pay 1,250 USD per seat per year, which includes one year of updates. A 30-day trial is available, and custom terms apply above 25 seats. The old perpetual license and the pay-per-input credit model have been discontinued. RealityScan is a processing engine, not an asset management platform. It does not handle work orders, inspection workflows or maintenance planning. It runs only on Windows and needs a capable GPU. Older versions required an Nvidia CUDA card, and AMD Radeon support is now available on Windows.