Devin Johnston Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Zed is the first 3d stereo camera, it can generate a 3d model of anything and it operates kind of like a Lidar. This seems to be the next logical step in pictometry and since you can use it on large scale objects and environments I can see it being useful in visualizations. Question is how useful would it be and does it seem worth the price? https://www.stereolabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchrender Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Looks very like the PS4 Camera that sits in front of the TV and reads the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris MacDonald Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Looks pretty decent! In the video it does seem to struggle with things further than ~15 to 20 metres which is no doubt a consequence of very little parallax between pixels after a given point. Perhaps they could make a larger scale version that has the cameras further apart so that greater distances could be covered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Penaloza Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yes, this is really cool tech, but rather of investing on this now I would wait a little more. Microsoft and Google are working on similar tech, and that will bring prices down for sure. also more apps available for that type of tech. The next release of Nexus phones, will have project tango incorporated, separated GPU and CPU and pretty much will be able to perform the same like this camera. Microsoft and Intel have a similar camera already integrate in some laptops. So future is bright, I would recommend wait and see how develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Forreal Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) i've been using standard camera shots and Photoscan to create 3d models of existing spaces onto which i have then added new elements. this has been surprisingly accurate and saves a lot of time getting things the right size and the right angles, especially with irregular shaped plots. it's time consuming though to process all the shots, and then level and scale the imported model and so on. this definitely looks like a big step up in terms of ease of use and seems even more accurate. even at that price it seems like a no brainer as a single professional 2D residential survey costs more, and then you have to build a rough model using that data, and it will never be even remotely as complete or as accurate as a scan. Edited July 28, 2016 by derekforreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris MacDonald Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I do genuinely think that stuff like this is the future, I just think this one looks/feels a little bit "consumer" to me - which is much to its credit and not a criticism. I just think that with the size and scale of the projects I deal with on a daily basis this would get little use. It is however (on the surface at least) the best implementation of photogrammetry/photo-scanning that I've seen to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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