Photogrammetry
Fire Investigators Are Now Using VR Photogrammetry Tech to Assess Damage to Homes
A house fire is a sickening reality, but when it's finally time to clean up and tally losses, that's where fire investigators come in. Now, forensic investigation firm Donan and 3D scanning company Matterport are partnering to bring fire...
Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access to Data
Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk's mission to 3D laser-scan the world's historical sites and provide open access to the data. Called the Open Heritage Project, Google and CyArk...
VR Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ is Getting Three New Scenes
Realities is a VR photogrammetry showcase featuring detailed photogramatic scans from a handful of interesting locations around the world. In collaboration with Canadian television channel TV5's documentary series Terre d’Exploration, the first of three new scenes from the Canadian wilderness is...
Matterport Creates the “World’s Largest Library” of Real-World VR Places
Immersive media company Matterport have just announced they're to make available what they claim is the world's largest collection of VR-focussed real-world models and locations in a bid to become a source of experiences for VR consumers.
Update: The original...
Uncorporeal Claims They Can Create 3D VR Scenes from Your Photos
Uncorporeal are unveiling what it terms as it's "Holographic Photography Technology" which the team claim will allow anyone with a smartphone to create 360 VR viewable scenes with 3D parallax from a few dozen photos.
Static photogrammetry, the process of capturing...
Valve Releases ‘Destinations’, a Free VR Creation Tool Built on Source 2 Engine
Valve has today released a new VR content creation tool suite called Destinations, a free program that lets you create, share and view community-created photogrammetry scenes, game worlds, and other 3D models. Both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift users can take advantage...
Nuns, Archaeology and the HTC Vive: 2015’s Hottest Habit
Archaeologist and realities.io founder David Finsterwalder recently turned to virtual reality to demonstrate the fruits of his archaeological labor for those lucky enough to catch him at meetups in Ellwangen, Munich and Stuttgart. One unlikely visitor, a local Nun, turned...
This ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ VR Scene is Re-created Straight from a Blu-Ray Disc
This impressive virtual reality recreation of Mad Max: Fury Road is extrapolated entirely from frames on a Blu-Ray disc, opening up the possibility for a new sub genre of homebrew VR experiences.
Photogrammetry is the process of capturing objects or environments...
