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Nice results, but missing forest for the trees. One of the by-products of this algorithm is fully textured 3d model representing filmed environment. Offering t
by rasz_pl 12y ago
Nice results, but missing forest for the trees.
One of the by-products of this algorithm is fully textured 3d model representing filmed environment. Offering that as pure data dump, or even a manual process allowing user to control camera would be as valuable as fully automatic one-off timelapse no one ever watches (except maybe your granny).
What sounds better - a video tour of a house, or a 3D model of a house you can traverse however you like?
I wonder if 3 letter agencies have better structure from motion implementations a la "Enemy of the State" (Isnt it sad that this film turned out to be a documentary?). I suspect something like a 3d reconstruction of Boston Marathon (FBI did collect all video footage of the event) would be very helpful to the investigation.
- baddox 12y agoGenerating a 3D model of an environment from the output of a moving camera has been done. There is obviously a lot of improvement to be done in that department, and those projects are neat, but I think it's appropriate for this project to focus on what it adds to the scene, which is camera path smoothing.
- pbhjpbhj 12y agoIndeed it has, photosynth - I blogged about it before, http://alicious.com/making-3d-models-from-photos/ http://alicious.com/making-3d-models-from-photos/, http://photosynth.net/preview/view/6de2eb38-4e7e-424b-94a3-93a6f35712ef http://photosynth.net/preview/view/6de2eb38-4e7e-424b-94a3-9... - which came from Microsoft Research. It looks like this is "just" the video version of what they were doing before with photosynth walkthroughs. Very impressive.