swatchbook partners with Bandicoot Imaging

Bandicoot was founded by four engineers with extensive experience in image processing who all worked together at Canon’s Australian R&D center.

Bandicoot offers a unique approach to material digitization by using a handheld camera to capture a series of images of the material. These images are then processed using Bandicoot’s proprietary Shimmer Scan algorithm to deliver industry standard texture maps and also a Shimmer View.

A Bandicoot Shimmer View is a sophisticated and interactive digital rendering of a material, easily embedded within a website, and conveying accurate color and detail. As the viewer tilts their phone or moves their mouse they can see the texture of the original material and the way light plays across it.

Using a handheld camera has the additional benefit that Bandicoot can digitize materials with large patterns and repeats up to B1 in size, significantly exceeding the size limitations of other industry leading material scanning solutions.

This new approach is available as a service through Bandicoot and is also available for clients to carry out themselves using their own mirrorless or DSLR camera together with the company’s cloud services.