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3D Mars Scenes Recreated From Photos

Posted by timothy on from the back-formation dept.

Hoon Mihn Fao links to this BBC article about Microsoft Research scientists generating 3D models based on pictures beamed back from the Mars rovers. It begins "Using techniques originally applied to paintings, the researchers have written software that works out what flat images would look like from different viewpoints. The result is a navigable 3D model created from one or more pictures snapped by the Mars buggies."

2 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Am I the only one who's thinking... by Ayaress · · Score: 2, Funny

    (insert favorite FPS game here) map?

  2. Other uses? by Pumpernickle · · Score: 4, Funny
    "We extract 3D information out of the image," said Mr Criminisi. "We work out what's behind an object and how we can automatically fill in what's not seen by cameras or painted."

    Would this technique work, for, say, objects hidden or obscured by some sort of flimsy semi-transparent thin fibrous material? Or only hard, rock-like substances? ^^