[How-To] Cell phone 3D scanner

[stupoty]

One very interesting application for SFM is using footage from a drone to generate 3D models of very large objects (like buildings). Not so much for _making_ another building, but for remote viewing/tourism etc. Another project uses random photos of frequently-photographed objects (like the Eiffel Tower) posted by folks on the web and uses the image data to create a 3D model. Theoretically, there's no limit to what size object that could be modeled this way (the Grand Canyon? Crater Lake? Whoa! ). Google might be involved in that one.

I don't know if a drone could be controlled well enough to work for your purposes, but it's an intriguing thought.

One of the developers of SFM software was given a job by google , they use all his work and methods to do the google 3D maps thing.

Stu

 

[homebrewed]

One of the developers of SFM software was given a job by google , they use all his work and methods to do the google 3D maps thing.

Stu

Makes sense. I wonder if they use it for their street-view app. It's kind of fun playing around with that. We were using it to do a virtual drive around our neighborhood and saw our own car on the road. Not parked in the driveway, actually motoring down the road!