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Automatic 3D Reconstruction of Scenes

Posted by Hemos on from the its-like-that-there-tv dept.

Neil Halelamien writes "New Scientist reports on a piece of software by MDRobotics called instant Scene modeler (iSM), which automatically generates 3D reconstructions of scenes, using a few hundred frames from a pair of ordinary video cameras. The software uses David Lowe's SIFT vision algorithm to quickly locate common features between sequential images, for use in the reconstruction; SIFT has also been useful for generating panoramas and object recognition. MDRobotics has a demo page showing the software being used for crime scene reconstruction, along with animated GIFs of input video and the resulting 3D model."

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  1. Blade Runner Scene Machine by Lioner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally we can do what Harrison Ford can do... :-)

  2. I wonder if... by n0dalus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow I bet it's just like in CSI they will be able to zoom up 10000% on the digital image, 'sharpen' it and read all sorts of interesting things off the back of things after rotating them virtually.