Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Flickerizing Google Earth's 3D Models

Here is a USC project to integrate pictures and videos with the Google Earth 3D models. Their vision statement:
We believe we can craft an experience that is as visceral as Google Earth and as accessible as Flickr by integrating photos into corresponding 3D models (such as Google Earth) so that they appear as perfectly aligned overlays; this could be called “situated,” “dimensionalized” or “seamless” alignment. Using appropriate interactive methods that combine human and machine intelligence, we believe that it will be possible to open up the process to geo-locate any and all photos that correspond to real-world places.
And here is their "progress report" done as a video to show you what they can do:

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