I was well aware of the concept of using still images of an object, in order to create a 3d model of it in CGI, but I stumbled upon a video on youtube and I think this takes it to a whole new level.
Definitely needs a lot of cleaning up, but even -state of the art- laser scanning requires a tremendous amount of post processing, plus you get all the textures baked in automatically. Have a look:
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So, what do you think? Definitely needs a lot more work to call it perfect, but I think it's very impressive nonetheless. I'm very curious to see if this will catch on and most importantly what it will look like in 5-10 years from now.
Edit: I am in no way affiliate with, or trying to promote any of the software/developers mentioned.
Definitely needs a lot of cleaning up, but even -state of the art- laser scanning requires a tremendous amount of post processing, plus you get all the textures baked in automatically. Have a look:
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QuoteI tried to use photogrammetry to create track mod for Assetto Corsa. Result is not perfect, but it is usable. Needs more ironing out.
00:00 - Comaprison with real footage
01:26 - One lap racing
The software used is Reality Capture. I recorded video with a gopro mounted on a bike. 4 directions are recorded, forward, backward, left and right. Every 10th frame, or so, is extracted from the videos, not every frame is used. There were about 4.000 images, but with later experiments I realised it could be done with much less. This reconstruction took about 5 days with the manual addition of many control points, and not counting numerous previous failed attempts. It was reconstructed in parts and then they were combined together into one whole track.
So, what do you think? Definitely needs a lot more work to call it perfect, but I think it's very impressive nonetheless. I'm very curious to see if this will catch on and most importantly what it will look like in 5-10 years from now.
Edit: I am in no way affiliate with, or trying to promote any of the software/developers mentioned.