I think it would help to be able to move up and down (ex. space and shift keys) without changing the camera angle. This seems a better solution, to me, than existing pan with 3rd mouse button.
You can use Q and E
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#32Wow! I'd love to read a more in-depth blog post describing how to create one of these myself, and maybe even contribute my own splats to a collaborative library for iconic landmarks. I could see interactive splats being added to Wikipedia for popular locations.
I give a bit more color in the twitter thread https://x.com/fulligin/status/1892685973731061937
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#33This does not work at all on Android Chrome. The about dialog flies in super slowly, continually re-layouting the text, and there's no "small cube" and no way to dismiss the about dialog either. The background looks tantalising but maybe a little more testing is needed... (e.g. for the most common browser/OS in the world).
Wow surprising, do you have any console errors? I tested extensively in Android chrome. To dismiss the modal you can tap in the margin.
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#34Does anything like this exist for just flying around cities (not SF, anywhere) in general? Would love to experience what a drone sees even if it's in a limited area.
More conventional mesh-based photogrammetry options include:
- https://maps.google.com (satellite view)
- https://earth.google.com (also in browser, possibly better camera controls for what you want)
- Bing Maps (3D flyover mode, more stale data in my experience)
- Apple Maps satellite view (only on macOS/iOS)
- Google Earth VR[1] (requires a Windows PC and a VR headset that can connect to it)
- Microsoft Flight Sim 2020/2024 (requires a beefy Windows PC, uses Bing Maps plus a lot of other enhancements and rendering goodness. Most lifelike "feels like I'm there" but not true to earth)
I'm not aware of splat-based city photogrammetry aside from one-offs like this but I'd love to learn if there's any such projects!
[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/348250/Google_Earth_VR/
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#35This does not work at all on Android Chrome. The about dialog flies in super slowly, continually re-layouting the text, and there's no "small cube" and no way to dismiss the about dialog either. The background looks tantalising but maybe a little more testing is needed... (e.g. for the most common browser/OS in the world).
Worked ok for me on Android Chrome. Pixel 7
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#36Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco
#37If you haven't seen Tunnel Vision (same author) please do yourself a favor and watch it. Dude does some fantastic projects.
Great video if you like watching videos from the front of BART which is pretty boring tbf. Much better videos of locos travelling through the alps
Context defines content.
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#38Completely unrelated, but aerial views of San Francisco blow my mind with how under-zoned the city is. One of the most desirable places on earth to live and it's on a small peninsula. Yet it's a sea of single-family homes as far as the eye can see. The distance between Sutro Tower and the "Downtown" SF is less than the distance between the Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park. But could you imagine if that space was fill…
> One of the most desirable places on earth to live and it's on a small peninsula. Yet it's a sea of single-family homes as far as the eye can see.
Ever wondered if it’s desirable BECAUSE it’s not a dense urban jungle?
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#39Wow! I'd love to read a more in-depth blog post describing how to create one of these myself, and maybe even contribute my own splats to a collaborative library for iconic landmarks. I could see interactive splats being added to Wikipedia for popular locations.
I give a bit more color in the twitter thread https://x.com/fulligin/status/1892685973731061937
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#40Broadcast television is amazing, and I'm so sad it's dying out. OK, maybe we don't need to tune in at 6 to watch the latest episode of "Friends" anymore, but for any kind of live events - news, sport, politics, having high-definition video you can pull right out of the air without having to worry about paying for data, latency, or bandwidth limitations, is amazing. For certain applications the internet can never comp…
? Is over-the-air TV broadcast not encrypted and compressed to oblivion in the US? Cause it definitely is here, and you're expected to pay for a decoder card, except for a small handful of channels.