Google Street View Goes 3D

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=-33.848374,151.203675&spn=0,359.966977&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-33.848722,151.203709&panoid=qceO45WXdmhEJkhUiBKBHw&cbp=12,138.56,,0,9.91

by jsankey • 16 years ago

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jsankey• 16 years ago

Presumably another April Fool's day prank. Click on the streetview man to lower his glasses. For more fun, ask for directions which involve paying a toll...

m0tive• 16 years ago

Is that actually 3D or just an offset on the images? (I might just have bad 3D glasses)

inevaexisted• 16 years ago

I'd have thought google, would have used a combination of the depth maps produced from the laser range finders they use when they take the street view pictures. Then using the depth map offset the image as appropriate.

Even then it doesn't seem very effective, the navigation arrows seemed to stand out more than the actual street.

Gatsky• 16 years ago

Considering that when you rotate the view, the image offset doesn't change at all, I don't think this represents any additional information beyond the standard 2D streetview.

d0m• 16 years ago

When looking up, we clearly see a box

gmatty• 16 years ago

dear google,

please add an option so I can invert the x/y lookaround axis like I can do in a video game.

Google Street View Goes 3D

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