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Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

#102

You should try processing your photo dataset with a NERF based tool. They are much better at rebuilding the 3D structure from set of images. EDIT: There is this for example https://github.com/nerfstudio-project/nerfstudio

I want the future version of Google Earth or whatever to be the whole globe at a pixel resolution with this kind of technology.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

#103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A void. It looks uneven, not like a chamber, but quite large.

Stone contractor promised to deliver 1000 blocks, only installed 753 blocks. Pocketed the difference.

That contractor must have had really big pockets...

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

#104

Incredible work bringing so many moving parts together to make such a seamless, immersive experience. Online museums have been an aspiration since the early days of the web, and this exhibit sets a new bar. One slight hiccup I noticed: The guided tour frequently clips through the geometry, which breaks the immersion a bit. I don't know if the Matterport SDK has any facilities for following paths rather than a straigh…

And if it doesn't, it's a request they should be happy to take on for academic work like this.

They should recognize they have a big opportunity for great PR gains by officially supporting this kind of project, which could feed back to their primary real estate based business.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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I really like the tool. However, I just hit an issue... Somehow, I was dragging in the view, and it did a text select on the whole view. Now, everything is highlighted blue as if I selected it, and I don't know how to de-select it.

That sounds more like a browser issue.
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