Step into your point cloud with the Immersive Image Explorer in LP360
If you ever wished you could stop guessing what a cluster of points “really is,” the Immersive Image Explorer is for you. It brings your imagery and LiDAR point cloud together in one immersive viewer, so you can virtually walk through a scene and inspect it with real, ground-level context, without leaving LP360.
Below is a short how-to video for quick reference. It walks you through the exact buttons, modes, and navigation you will use on a day-to-day basis.
What it is, in plain terms
The Immersive Image Explorer is embedded within the Immersive Viewer and is designed to display images from their optical center, overlay point clouds and imagery for context, and let you toggle layers so you can focus on exactly what you need to see. In practice, it feels a lot like a Street View-style experience, but you are working inside your project, tied directly to your LiDAR and its accuracy.
It is intended for use with the TrueView GO 360 Photo Kit, and it supports both standard frame imagery and full 360 spherical images. With the 360 kit, an Insta360 camera is used to capture a complete 360 field of view while you collect TrueView GO data, so you can revisit the site later and look in every direction.
As Frank Darmayan, CEO of GeoCue, put it, “With the Immersive Image Explorer, our customers can step directly into their datasets, navigating captured environments as if they were on site, while maintaining the accuracy and quality that LP360 is known for. It’s about bringing clarity, speed, and confidence to every project.”
Getting started is simple. In LP360, you open the Immersive Viewer and click the Immersive Image Explorer icon on the ribbon, it looks like a small person standing in a window.
From there, you can view your point cloud and images together, or toggle either one off to reduce clutter and focus your inspection.
Inside the explorer, you can switch between two practical image experiences:
Geo Images (frame images) collected by the TrueView GO cameras. These face the direction of travel.
Street View Images (360 images) collected by the Insta360 camera for full, look-anywhere immersion.
Navigation is equally straightforward. You can click ahead to move through the dataset, or use the on-screen arrows to move along your trajectory.
And if you want to keep your bearings, you can display the trajectory by turning on feature layers while viewing the point cloud.
Why it matters, the real benefits
This is not just a cool way to view data. It changes how fast you can validate, interpret, and communicate what you captured.
1. Faster, more confident QA and inspection
When imagery and point clouds are fused, you can confirm edges, surfaces, and objects immediately. That means fewer return trips and fewer debates about what a feature is. You are seeing the scene as captured, with the point cloud providing accurate 3D structure.
2. Measure directly in an immersive view
Need a quick dimension check while reviewing a site? You can take measurements inside the viewer, then turn imagery back on to give the measurement visual context and make it easier to interpret.
This is incredibly useful for field verification, public safety documentation, facilities work, and general project QA.
3. Better collaboration with quick visual sharing
There is a built-in screen grab tool that copies what you are viewing to your clipboard, making it easy to drop a visual into an email, chat, or report.
If you have ever tried to explain a point cloud issue without a visual, you already know why this is valuable.
4. More context with flexible visualization options
Because this is still LP360, you are not limited to RGB viewing. You can overlay alternative views like elevation or intensity beneath your imagery, which can reveal height differences and surface behavior in a way that is hard to see with imagery alone.
5. Targeted edits when you need them
In the same immersive environment, you can classify within a polygon for focused, local refinement.
That is a practical tool when you are working in a tight area and want to make a clean adjustment without breaking your flow.
Flexible image options, from frame to full 360
The Immersive Image Explorer supports frame images from integrated cameras on aerial, mobile, or handheld TrueView systems, and it also supports full 360 spherical images captured with the TrueView GO 360 Photo Kit or a FLIR LadyBug camera for mobile mapping. No matter which image format you bring in, the goal is the same: pan, scan, and evaluate your photos in context, right on top of the point cloud. It is also compatible with DJI L2 datasets.
Licensing note
In general, the viewer is available across LP360 license levels, but some tools require specific licenses as noted. For the TrueView GO 360 Photo Kit workflow, you will need an LP360 Land Standard or an LP360 Drone license.
If you want to make your point cloud reviews faster, clearer, and easier to share, the Immersive Image Explorer is one of those features you will start using on every project. And once you use it with a 360 capture, it’s hard to go back.