Flyby PC 23 Posted July 21, 2012 Recently came across this, and I'm gobsmacked how much the tech has advanced. What it photogrammetry does is 'scan' real life buildings and digitise them. It's been around a while, but I haven't kept up to date. As far as I'm aware, this hasn't been picked up by the games industry, but when you see the accurate rendered images these guys can capture, it's only a matter of time before the scenery in games is mind blowing in it's realism ..... Week 2 Photogrammetry has a bit of chat to begin with, but stick with it to see their results starting about half way through .... You'll see the potential right away. http://okeeffeimagingproject.wordpress.com/daily-documenting/video/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhotogrammetryR 0 Posted August 10, 2012 Thanks for looking at our project site. We've had so much progress with photogrammetry the past few weeks. You should see our results now! http://okeeffeimagingproject.wordpress.com/daily-documenting/week-5/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted August 11, 2012 Wow, that sure looks great! I guess it will firstly rather be used for architects and construction businesses? It seems to be a huge amount of data, which might make it too complex for games? But who knows - maybe a way can be found to use it there also? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyby PC 23 Posted August 11, 2012 Not just great Olham, but real. It's basically 3d photographs of real things. Yes it's a big hefty amount of data, but once it's digitised and compressed, the resolution will be limited to the machine spec. The possibilities are incredible. If you can photograph something, you can scan it. It's not just scenery, but faces. I'll take a guess it takes some hefty computing power to process this data, but so does normal video before it's compressed and formatted. The potential for this is incredible. You're that much closer to a photo realistic digitised world inside your computer, because it is photographic images which are digitised. It's just a pity the hard work work is setting up the camera to record the image and the settings, so I don't think there is a retrospective option to digitise existing pics. Just imagine if you could digitise the trenches and pock marked landscape of Flanders!! I don't know enough about it, but if Google Earth ever get's multiple satellites to co-ordinate their pictures, then the mind boggles.. Keep up the good work PhotogrammetryR!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted August 11, 2012 Well, in a very simple way, Google StreetView seems to work like this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
