Comments on: It turns out that Michael Jackson COULD look weirder http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Reactorfuel http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/#comment-1859 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:10:43 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/#comment-1859 The video trace stuff is quite impressive, but <a href="http://labs.live.com/photosynth/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Photosynth</a> is absolutely astounding. I recommend watching the <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129" rel="nofollow">TED video</a> first - it goes from "that's fairly useful, I guess" to "holy sweet mother of god he did <i>what</i>?" at around the four minute mark. In brief (if you've got time, it's really a good idea to watch the video first - the reveal is awesome), they've synthesized a model of Notre Dame cathedral, entirely from pictures off of Flickr. If you've got a decent video card, you can play with the data sets they've got on their website. It's even Firefox compatible. The video trace stuff is quite impressive, but Microsoft Photosynth is absolutely astounding. I recommend watching the TED video first - it goes from “that’s fairly useful, I guess” to “holy sweet mother of god he did what?” at around the four minute mark.

In brief (if you’ve got time, it’s really a good idea to watch the video first - the reveal is awesome), they’ve synthesized a model of Notre Dame cathedral, entirely from pictures off of Flickr.

If you’ve got a decent video card, you can play with the data sets they’ve got on their website. It’s even Firefox compatible.

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/#comment-1857 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:18:21 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/#comment-1857 So any guesses on what Video Trace will end up costing? 'Cause I have got to own that! So any guesses on what Video Trace will end up costing? ‘Cause I have got to own that!

]]> by: evilspoons http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/#comment-1856 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:30:37 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/01/11/it-turns-out-that-michael-jackson-could-look-weirder/#comment-1856 That second video clip is absolutely spectacular. I've heard of things like this and even seen some very rudimentary concepts, but this is amazing. Imagine all the hard work this will save 3d modelers, making those stupidly high budget video games a bit less expensive (or, more likely, simply even *more* detailed). As someone who's dabbled in 3d modeling but never really gotten into it due to the nitpicky complexity, this realllllly excites me. That second video clip is absolutely spectacular. I’ve heard of things like this and even seen some very rudimentary concepts, but this is amazing. Imagine all the hard work this will save 3d modelers, making those stupidly high budget video games a bit less expensive (or, more likely, simply even *more* detailed). As someone who’s dabbled in 3d modeling but never really gotten into it due to the nitpicky complexity, this realllllly excites me.

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