O3DM is focussed on the growing interest in processing and modelling technology, and the increasing demand for accurate 3D models in applications such as industrial inspection, aerospace and automotive design, material and component testing, scene documentation, motion analysis, medicine and the exploration of remote and hazardous sites, just to name a few. 

O3DM, like its predecessor events, wants to encourage the cooperation and information exchange between academia and industry in the field of optical metrology.

O3DM is an international workshop supported by the International Society of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS).

Fabio Remondino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Italy

Mark Shortis, RMIT University, Australia

TBD

Sixteen Videometrics conferences were held in a series started in 1991 by Sabry El-Hakim. Under the auspices of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) from the beginning, the first conference on Industrial Vision Metrology was held in Winnipeg, Canada. Based on the success of this first venture into an emerging discipline, the conference was renamed Videometrics and held in conjunction with the SPIE Photonics East group of conferences in Boston and Philadelphia during 1992-1995. 

The conference was originally focused on the metric performance of image sensors and algorithms to produce the most accurate and reliable geometric measurements and models. Topics such as sensor calibration, performance evaluation and accurate object reconstruction were predominant.  It was later expanded to encompass all phases of 3D optical imaging, range imaging and modelling.

Videometrics was then re-located to become part of SPIE Photonics West, held annually in California. The conferences were held in San Diego in 1997, in San Jose in 1999 and 2001, then moved to Santa Clara in 2003 and moved back to San Jose in 2005 and 2007.  The conference then became part of Optics + Photonics program track on Image and Signal Processing within the Optical Engineering and Applications conferences in San Diego in 2009. The conference was renamed to "Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications" to reflect the changes in contemporary practice. 

Throughout all of this period the attendance from North America was slowly declining, and the participation from Europe and Asia had strengthened, despite the impact of the global financial downturn. Therefore in 2011 it was decided to move the Videometrics series to Munich, Germany, to be part of the SPIE Europe conference on Optical Metrology, co-located with the World of Photonics conference and exhibition. The general theme of Optical Metrology resonated very well with Videometrics and the majority of authors and presenters from Europe confirmed the correct decision to relocate the conference.  Videometrics was held in Munich in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.

After the initial success in Munich, the Videometrics brand became very diluted and the character of the conference began to change.  Partly because of the many conferences under the umbrella of Optical Metrology, the themes became very broad and the conference began to lose its identity. Simultaneously the attendances in the technical sessions fell away and participation from industry declined, despite the best efforts in the most recent editions to engage with industry and provide keynote speakers from the leading edge of commercial development.

Accordingly, with the support of the technical committee, the organisers made the difficult decision not to offer Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications in 2019.  Instead, the organisers and committee committed to try a new approach that is much more tightly focussed on precise 3D measurement using optical systems, with an emphasis on industry relevance.  From this idea the concept of Optical 3D Metrology was born and organized under the ISPRS umbrella. 

Past conference proceedings are available here:

• ISPRS Optical 3D Metrology (2024): https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-2-W7-2024/  

• ISPRS Optical 3D Metrology (2022): https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-2-W2-2022/ 

• ISPRS Optical 3D Metrology (2019): https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLII-2-W18/ 

• SPIE Optical Metrology Conference "Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications XIV"Munich, Germany (2017): http://spie.org/EOM17/conferencedetails/videometrics 

• SPIE Optical Metrology Conference "Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications XIII", Munich, Germany (2015): https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/9528?SSO=1 

• SPIE Optical Metrology Conference "Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications XII", Munich, Germany (2013): https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8791.toc?SSO=1 

• SPIE Optical Metrology Conference "Videometrics, Range Imaging and Applications XI", Munich, Germany (2011): https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/8085 

• SPIE Optics and Photonics "Videometrics X", San Diego (CA), USA (2009): https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/7447 

• SPIE Electronic Imaging "Videometrics IX", S. Jose (CA), USA (2007): https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/6491.toc?SSO=1 

• SPIE Electronic Imaging "Videometrics VIII", S. Jose (CA), USA (2005): https://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Volume/5665 

• SPIE Electronic Imaging "Videometrics and Optical Methods for 3D Shape Measurement", S. Jose (CA), USA (2001): https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4309.toc 

• SPIE Electronic Imaging "Videometrics VI", S. Jose (CA), USA (1999): https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/3641.toc 

• SPIE Electronic Imaging "Videometrics V", S. Diego (CA), USA (1997): https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/3174.toc 

• SPIE Electronic Imaging "Videometrics IV", Philadelphia (PA), USA (1995): https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/2598.toc