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I wonder if someday we can get to the point where StreetView is a continuous flow... like instead of tapping the arrow and waiting for the next slide to load, y

by cclogg 13y ago

I wonder if someday we can get to the point where StreetView is a continuous flow... like instead of tapping the arrow and waiting for the next slide to load, you would just smoothly walk forward or backwards along a track using up/down arrow. I guess it would be technically possible already, but Google would have to snap their images with much smaller distances, and make them load in much faster... space requirements would be huge lol.

mankyd 13y ago
Microsoft's PhotoSynth has an impressive demo of this. Check out: http://photosynth.net/preview/view/31e5927d-af4b-4678-8bba-c693983b8f2e http://photosynth.net/preview/view/31e5927d-af4b-4678-8bba-c...
- thearn4 13y ago
  Very impressive! I'd be very curious to see what this would look like with streetview images.
- Blahah 13y ago
  It seems like all you can do is play the sequence forward or backward - surely a simple video is much better than this?
optimusclimb 13y ago
I think we have that already, but it requires you go outside :P
- cclogg 13y ago
  But let's say I want to 'go outside' in Tokyo or Dubai, without having the money to actually travel there...!
  - jamesbritt 13y ago
    Can you ride a bike? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUp6oKOABc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUp6oKOABc
    - dudus 13y ago
      This seem to suffer from the same problem. It's not smooth.
- jonahx 13y ago
  Where can I find more info on Go's "outside" library? I'd like to use it on my next project. Do you know if any YC companies are currently using it in production?
krilnon 13y ago
In areas where Google already lets you view 3D imagery, it's already possible for them to show you a crude, continuous StreetView. It's just that the UI doesn't let you angle the camera such that it's oriented at street/eye-level
- zodiac 13y ago
  I've built a prototype that uses the phone's accelerometer to control google maps so you get a kind of 3D street view, but it only looks nice if you set your own height to be a few stories high. You can angle the camera at eye level, but the buildings all obscure each other.

by cclogg 13y ago

mankyd 13y ago

Microsoft's PhotoSynth has an impressive demo of this. Check out: http://photosynth.net/preview/view/31e5927d-af4b-4678-8bba-c693983b8f2e http://photosynth.net/preview/view/31e5927d-af4b-4678-8bba-c...

thearn4 13y ago
Very impressive! I'd be very curious to see what this would look like with streetview images.
Blahah 13y ago
It seems like all you can do is play the sequence forward or backward - surely a simple video is much better than this?

optimusclimb 13y ago

I think we have that already, but it requires you go outside :P

cclogg 13y ago
But let's say I want to 'go outside' in Tokyo or Dubai, without having the money to actually travel there...!
- jamesbritt 13y ago
  Can you ride a bike? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUp6oKOABc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUp6oKOABc
  - dudus 13y ago
    This seem to suffer from the same problem. It's not smooth.
jonahx 13y ago
Where can I find more info on Go's "outside" library? I'd like to use it on my next project. Do you know if any YC companies are currently using it in production?

krilnon 13y ago

In areas where Google already lets you view 3D imagery, it's already possible for them to show you a crude, continuous StreetView. It's just that the UI doesn't let you angle the camera such that it's oriented at street/eye-level

zodiac 13y ago
I've built a prototype that uses the phone's accelerometer to control google maps so you get a kind of 3D street view, but it only looks nice if you set your own height to be a few stories high. You can angle the camera at eye level, but the buildings all obscure each other.