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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. Does this apply to Earch as well? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm thinking that if we enhance our satellite images with this new technology that we can catch the terrorists in the Middle East. No?