Hands-On: XGRIDS PortalCam 3D Gaussian Splatting Camera – First Scan21757
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 Owner,Managing Editor and Publisher of WGAN Forum and WGAN-TV Podcast Fairfield, California |
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 A client recently sent me an XGRIDS PortalCam to test out for a while, and today I took it out on its first real job. I scanned a full house, both inside and outside, to see how this thing handles a typical residential property. What is the PortalCam? The PortalCam is XGRIDS' handheld "spatial camera," built from the ground up for 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) rather than traditional point clouds or panoramic tours. XGRIDS launched it at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam, and it sits alongside their Lixel K1 and L2 Pro scanners as the more accessible entry point into their ecosystem. Under the hood, it pairs a LiDAR unit (roughly 856,000 points per second with a 180° x 180° field of view) with a four-camera array: two front-facing cameras and two fisheye cameras. The LiDAR handles geometry while the cameras capture color and detail, and everything gets processed in XGRIDS' LCC Studio software into a photorealistic, walkable 3D model. The whole unit weighs under 900 grams, so it's easy to carry through a house. Why this matters for our industry Most of us in the WGAN community have built our businesses on tripod-based capture: Giraffe360, Matterport, iGUIDE, Realsee, and others. Handheld 3DGS capture is a different workflow entirely: you walk the space instead of setting up scan points. The big questions I want to answer are how the output compares to what clients are used to, how long capture and processing actually take on a real listing, and whether this is a real estate tool today or still more of a VFX/virtual production tool. Scanning the exterior was a big part of today's test, since that's where many tripod-based systems struggle and where Gaussian Splatting has the potential to really shine. Video coming soon I'm putting together a video walkthrough of the capture process and the finished model, so stay tuned. I'll share my honest take on the workflow, the results, and where I think the PortalCam fits for real estate photographers and 3D capture pros. Has anyone else in the community,besides @Tosolini  , had hands-on time with the PortalCam or another handheld Gaussian Splatting scanner? What would you like me to test or compare while I have it? |
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| I’m no expert but I’ve done 30-40 scans with PortalCam and Lixel K2. Happy to answer any questions you might have, Tom. | ||
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Owner, Managing Editor and Publisher of WGAN Forum and WGAN-TV Podcast Fairfield, California |
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| @OrangeHill that's impressive! what kind of spaces? what kind of use cases? | ||
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| Very interested to see results and experience the end user product. Please post links! | ||
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| Following topic , also interested in samples. | ||
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