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Still, props to the OP for releasing. This is the exactly the kind of thing I'd get nerd sniped on. First, I'd figure out a method for finding all walkable ter

Still, props to the OP for releasing. This is the exactly the kind of thing I'd get nerd sniped on. First, I'd figure out a method for finding all walkable terrain on the map, then figure out some sampling function to approximate taking a screenshot every "n" steps. Then I'd write a hack to get the emulator to fly me through all these points, take the screenshots, and dump them to a directory. Then I'd spend a long time trying to get the "click through" and "blur" navigation method through street view working. What is interesting about street view is that; your cursor is aware of what is the "floor" and what is a "house" or "surface" with high accuracy, and places that you can navigate to on the "floor" are highlighted before tapping on them. I wonder if some depth data is captured by the camera that allows this to happen, or if it's coming purely from the images/computer vision techniques. TLDR: Even with the basic level of complexity OP had, I bet this took him a few weekends. I would get nerd sniped by the above, for like 4 months.

ZiiS 4y ago
They capture depth of field with LIDAR.
x86x87 4y ago
Problem is that most terrain on the map is walkable and the map is huge.
- scubbo 4y ago
  Why is that a problem? Scale isn't a non-issue, but it's a much smaller problem[0] than creating code to traverse the space sensibly while exporting screenshots and linking them together. Once you have the code to map-out a 10m x 10m chunk, it seems that scaling that up to cover the whole map would just be a case of letting it run longer? [0] I assume - having never worked with game emulation
  - smcl 4y ago
    Well at that point you don't really have "street view" and in fact you might as well just make a 3D BotW map renderer in webgl. There are roads/paths in Breath of the Wild though, so it is possible to do make a more interactive version that's similar to Street View
    - scubbo 4y ago
      Well, sure, but that comes under the heading of "traverse sensibly", no? The bot would traverse according to the paths, and snapshot accordingly.
- ryankrage77 4y ago
  The map is still much smaller than the size of the area Google has mapped in Street View. And it can all be captured in a computer much faster than Street View cars can drive around.

ZiiS 4y ago

They capture depth of field with LIDAR.

x86x87 4y ago

Problem is that most terrain on the map is walkable and the map is huge.

scubbo 4y ago
Why is that a problem? Scale isn't a non-issue, but it's a much smaller problem[0] than creating code to traverse the space sensibly while exporting screenshots and linking them together. Once you have the code to map-out a 10m x 10m chunk, it seems that scaling that up to cover the whole map would just be a case of letting it run longer? [0] I assume - having never worked with game emulation
- smcl 4y ago
  Well at that point you don't really have "street view" and in fact you might as well just make a 3D BotW map renderer in webgl. There are roads/paths in Breath of the Wild though, so it is possible to do make a more interactive version that's similar to Street View
  - scubbo 4y ago
    Well, sure, but that comes under the heading of "traverse sensibly", no? The bot would traverse according to the paths, and snapshot accordingly.
ryankrage77 4y ago
The map is still much smaller than the size of the area Google has mapped in Street View. And it can all be captured in a computer much faster than Street View cars can drive around.