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The install process for Alicevision and Meshroom is a pain in the ass, I basically gave up at some point, would love to hear some input from others though. I'm

The install process for Alicevision and Meshroom is a pain in the ass, I basically gave up at some point, would love to hear some input from others though. I'm currently using OpenSFM and it works great, just very slow.

TaylorAlexander 6y ago
Huh. I downloaded the binaries from their website and they run directly on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine with Cuda 10.2. Which is rare.
- cameronfraser 6y ago
  They have binaries? I must have missed that, the only install instructions I saw were for building from source.
  - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
    Yep and it's using the GPU i just noticed. Binaries are linked here: https://alicevision.org/#meshroom https://alicevision.org/#meshroom It's really nice! I read more about the project and it's apparently always been open source. It looks like a high quality project run by some researchers with university and EU backing. I've been trying to reconstruct large outdoor environments for robotics simulation and this might be just what I need!
    - cameronfraser 6y ago
      Nice, I'm working on something similar but mostly indoor. Are you using SLAM for the robot itself?
      - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
        Nice. I don't have a clear plan for localization yet. Right now I am working on deep net based trail following. [1] Eventually I will probably do some kind of vision based localization. [2] If you can share info on your project I'd love to see it! [1] https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/277/4 https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/277/4 [2] https://github.com/ethz-asl/hfnet https://github.com/ethz-asl/hfnet
        cameronfraser 6y ago
        I can't unfortunately, work stuff, but definitely check out this if you haven't already https://github.com/xdspacelab/openvslam https://github.com/xdspacelab/openvslam Also that ethz-asl repo contains a library called libpointmatcher, its pretty awesome if you ever need to do point cloud alignment
        TaylorAlexander 6y ago
        Thank you! I am concerned that traditional vslam techniques will fail outdoors in off road areas, but that does look nice.
        cameronfraser 6y ago
        I actually have had really good success with it outdoors, much better than indoor. Worth trying out at least, very easy to get started with if you can use docker

TaylorAlexander 6y ago

Huh. I downloaded the binaries from their website and they run directly on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine with Cuda 10.2. Which is rare.

cameronfraser 6y ago
They have binaries? I must have missed that, the only install instructions I saw were for building from source.
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  Yep and it's using the GPU i just noticed. Binaries are linked here: https://alicevision.org/#meshroom https://alicevision.org/#meshroom It's really nice! I read more about the project and it's apparently always been open source. It looks like a high quality project run by some researchers with university and EU backing. I've been trying to reconstruct large outdoor environments for robotics simulation and this might be just what I need!
  - cameronfraser 6y ago
    Nice, I'm working on something similar but mostly indoor. Are you using SLAM for the robot itself?
    - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
      Nice. I don't have a clear plan for localization yet. Right now I am working on deep net based trail following. [1] Eventually I will probably do some kind of vision based localization. [2] If you can share info on your project I'd love to see it! [1] https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/277/4 https://reboot.love/t/new-cameras-on-rover/277/4 [2] https://github.com/ethz-asl/hfnet https://github.com/ethz-asl/hfnet
      - cameronfraser 6y ago
        I can't unfortunately, work stuff, but definitely check out this if you haven't already https://github.com/xdspacelab/openvslam https://github.com/xdspacelab/openvslam Also that ethz-asl repo contains a library called libpointmatcher, its pretty awesome if you ever need to do point cloud alignment
        TaylorAlexander 6y ago
        Thank you! I am concerned that traditional vslam techniques will fail outdoors in off road areas, but that does look nice.
        cameronfraser 6y ago
        I actually have had really good success with it outdoors, much better than indoor. Worth trying out at least, very easy to get started with if you can use docker