Cloud-hosted sharing and visualization for every stakeholder in your workflow. No install. No file transfers. No friction.
I am not really the bottleneck, the draw up team is. We just hired 5 people to draw up and we still are delayed. Anything we can do to get data to them earlier gives them more time and reduces that risk a bit." - Neil Hyatt, LiDAR & Point Cloud Workflow Consultant for Architects, Prairies Edge
If any of this sounds familiar, Aura Cloud is for you.
We've been hearing variations of these conversations for years. Hours spent waiting for massive datasets to upload — and the same time again while your client tries to download them on the other end. The same point cloud rendered three different ways in three different tools, leaving no one quite sure which version is "right." Drafting, design, and analysis teams standing by, waiting on data they need to start their work. Time lost juggling file formats, viewers, and licenses just to put a single dataset in front of the people who need to see it. Free workarounds. Expensive workarounds. In-house workarounds. But always, workarounds.
Today, that changes.
Introducing Aura Cloud
Aura Cloud is the next chapter of your Emesent workflow — and the first cloud-hosted sharing and visualization environment built natively into the Emesent ecosystem.
It does one thing, and it does it exceptionally well: it gets your captured 3D data — point clouds, 360° walkthroughs, and the spatial context that comes with them — in front of every stakeholder in your workflow. Clients. BIM designers. Mining geologists. Project managers. Anyone who needs to see, navigate, and understand the site.
No install. No file transfers. No friction.
A simple shareable link is all it takes. Your stakeholders click, and they're in — exploring the 3D world you captured, straight from a browser, with no specialized software, no Emesent license, and no technical know-how required.
Why now?
Because we heard your feedback - and we understand that there are multiple points of friction in your workflow. Not just cables, batteries and separate cameras - but also processing, managing and sharing your data efficiently.
Aura Cloud collapses that hand-off into a single shareable link, so your team can spend less time wrangling files and more time doing the work that grows the business.
It also reflects a bigger commitment from us: building an ecosystem that's integrated end-to-end. Aura Cloud is designed to work seamlessly with the rest of the Emesent platform — same data, same workflow, no friction between steps.
What you get in version 1.0
- Cloud-hosted sharing. A single shareable link gets your data in front of clients and stakeholders in seconds — no hardware, no downloads, no fuss.
- 360° image visualization. Walk through your captured site in a browser, with 360° imagery layered directly into the point cloud for full spatial context.
- Seamless Aura integration. Move your data into the cloud without breaking the workflow your team already knows.*
- Stakeholder-friendly access. No install. No license required. Anyone with a link can engage with the data.
Simple enough for juniors to operate confidently within days. Powerful enough for experienced surveyors. Built to scale alongside your business.
Try it now - the public beta is open
Aura Cloud 1.0 is available now in public beta to existing Emesent clients. You can jump in today: upload one of your own datasets, share it with your team or your clients, and see for yourself how much faster a single shareable link moves a project forward.
We'd love your feedback as we shape what comes next. Every dataset uploaded and every link shared helps us refine the product before broader release — so if there's a workflow you want Aura Cloud to handle, or a feature you'd love to see in version 1.1, we want to hear about it.
This is just the start
Aura Cloud 1.0 is the foundation — and there's more on the way. Enhanced visualization, smarter automation, batch processing, and tighter end-to-end integration are all coming throughout the year, designed to make every stage of your workflow faster, simpler, and more connected.
We'll have more to share in the months ahead. For now, what's launching today is what our clients have been asking for, in the form they've been asking for it:
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I want to send them a link to a specific point in the cloud, so I know exactly what they're looking at. That's what I need." — Laurie McBean, UAS
That's what Aura Cloud delivers.
For our clients and channel partners, Aura Cloud isn't just a new product. It's a new chapter. A more connected workflow. A better way to put your work in front of the people who need to see it.
To everyone who told us, "I just need a way to share this" — thank you. We heard you.
And this is just the start.
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