Creating a 3D Model with a SmartPhone (without additional hardware)10203
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 WGAN ForumFounder & WGAN-TV Podcast Host Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Hi All, A great publicist always looks for something to claim "first" when making news. So, no surprise that I received an email today (Friday, 27 September 2019) from the PR agency for Matterport writing: (including the stars  )---- ***This will be the first time in history that consumers will be able to create True 3D virtual experiences from their smartphones without any additional hardware*** ---- While this is likely true, it's also likely that to create Matterport 3D Tours for a living, that the creator WILL NEED/WANT a tripod and rotator to produce professional quality results as does GeoCV and InsideMaps. And, once you realize that you need a tripod and rotator, that begs the question: ✓ 10 Reasons Matterport will acquire GeoCV The publicist also wrote: "Last night [26 Sept. 2019], Matterport unveiled its latest breakthrough technology that will transform iPhones and Androids into 3D capture devices, an innovation made possible by its proprietary AI engine called 'Cortex' which has the unique ability to turn 2D panoramic images into fully immersive 3D experiences." I look forward to taking Matterport Smartphone capture for a spin - with and without a tripod. I'd  to be proven wrong about the need for a tripod and rotator.Your thoughts? Dan |
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| Interesting to see how much storage will be needed on the phone to capture everything! Hopefully it can be downloaded to an external SD card on the phone. Might have to have a phone that's just for capturing the data... used for nothing else. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by jpierce360 and in 1992 I bought a gateway 2000 (white box with black spots like a cow) and the guy told me my 180 mb would be all the storage I would need. :-) With smartphones holding 512gb it's a matter of time before they do even more |
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| The AI which MP has developed should not need a tripod or any rotating device to capture a location. MP and their engineering team have done an outstanding job in developing this application and it will only get better. There are many handheld scanners on the market today that can produce a point cloud of a location in very precise detail so with MP's AI hand held scanning or capture should not be a problem. In regards to memory as Glenn stated memory will just keep increasing on smartphones. Being an Android user my Samsung uses micro SD cards so unless I'm shooting a massive location memory should not be a problem. |
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WGAN Forum Founder & WGAN-TV Podcast Host Atlanta, Georgia |
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Quote:Originally Posted by GarySnyder Wow! That would be crazy! Even to stitch the initial panos? Dan |
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| @GarySnyder I agree with Gary, once a point cloud or 3D space is created you can pick a 3D point to create a panoramic view and then hold that height thru the tour just picking different locations to go thru. It would be slightly different create the model then go thru the 3D model picking view points, point cloud software already does this. So I do believe it would change things but again to use this technology when would require some one with experience to get the best tour. @GlennTremain I bought in to the same idea and my black and white box and contents served me well. So was this a vague reference to MP, great product in the beginning but slowly fades out  |
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| I see this being a major boom for GSV captures. Now people can use their smartphones to shoot a VT via MP . They would pay MP to process the VT and upload it to GSV as a one time cost. MP would do all the heavy lifting of producing the VT so just about anyone could produce a GSV VT. I bet there will be loads of examples on YouTube in the next couple of months on how to do this process. | ||
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