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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."

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  1. NASA did this from day one by CXI · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So, NASA has been taking stereo images since the beginning and making true 3D models, and now Microsoft has figured out how to make fake stereo images and fake 3D models?... Um, nice step backwards?

    1. Re:NASA did this from day one by Xilman · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Try reading further down the page. They are taking a single image and building a steroscopic view. NASA were using pairs of images in the traditional manner.

      Paul

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  2. Re:Am I the only one who's thinking... by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A FPS map of a Mars desert? Am I the only one who thinks that would be boring?
    A desert is a collection of sandy hills with an occasional cactus and Mars even lacks the latter.

    And there aren't any pictures of the secret Nazi Mars base, but don't worry, we've send our best Castle Wolfenstein player to deal with it.