Conferences
18–20 November 2026, Braunschweig, Germany
Optical 3D Metrology (O3DM)
Optical 3D Metrology (O3DM) is a series of conferences that build on the heritage of SPIE Videometrics (1991-2017) and Optical 3D Measurement Techniques (1989-2009). Renamed as Optical 3D Metrology (O3DM), the past editions were held in Strasbourg (France) in December 2019, in Wuerzburg (Germany) in December 2022 and Brescia (Italy) in 2024. The primary theme of O3DM is the precise 3D measurement and accurate modelling from imaging and range sensors.
The 2026 edition of O3DM will celebrate 35 years of optical metrology workshops.
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 topics of interest include:
- Sensor investigations and characterisation;
- Radiometric and geometric calibration of sensors;
- Precision, accuracy and reliability issues in 3D measurements;
- Sensor/data fusion;
- Quality and calibration of colour for 3D models acquired by optical and range sensing techniques;
- Algorithms for precise 3D data derivation and processing;
- Ambiguous sequences in image orientation;
- Hybrid adjustment;
- AI methods in metrology and industrial inspection;
- Handling of transparent or reflective surfaces.
The O3DM workshop will be held in Braunschweig, Germany, during 18–20 November 2026, at the University of Braunschweig.
