[HN Gopher] Turn Photos into 3D Models
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       Turn Photos into 3D Models
        
       Author : omarfarooq
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-04-09 20:08 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.r3dphoto.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.r3dphoto.app)
        
       | waynecochran wrote:
       | 3D model flavor? Point cloud, triangle/quad mesh? Texture map +
       | normal map?
        
       | CharlesW wrote:
       | Based on the language used, my guess is that this app is a front-
       | end for Apple's macOS Object Capture API:
       | https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/object-capture...
       | 
       | In any case, this article has links to sample code in case you
       | want to create a similar app: https://taeeun-kim.medium.com/how-
       | to-create-3d-models-with-o...
        
       | thot_experiment wrote:
       | If you can, don't fuck with this shit and use/support open source
       | software.
       | 
       | https://alicevision.org/#meshroom
        
         | KarlKemp wrote:
         | Yes, but the step-by-step guide has eight steps. And the first
         | step cites five papers. But at no point (at whatever depth)
         | does it tell me what to do.
        
         | sixothree wrote:
         | The thing that immediately turned me off about it is the fact
         | that it is a phone app. Mobile apps all just feel like creepy
         | spyware to me lately.
         | 
         | "Send us photos of the things you are working on". Creepy
         | weirdos is all I can think.
        
           | amelius wrote:
           | I tried to install Acrobat reader on Android.
           | 
           | It asked access to:
           | 
           | - In app purchases (ok, I can pay, but only once please; not
           | a fan of subscriptionware)
           | 
           | - Identity (what for?)
           | 
           | - Contacts (what for?)
           | 
           | - Photos/Media/Files (Ok, I can understand it, but can I
           | please allow only certain folders?)
           | 
           | - Camera (again, what for???)
           | 
           | - Wi-Fi connection information (what for?)
           | 
           | Since it is all-or-nothing, I had to decline. And now I'm
           | looking for another pdf reader without ads.
           | 
           | This whole mobile shitshow is driving me nuts.
        
             | matt-attack wrote:
             | Is it not embarrassing that viewing PDF is not just baked
             | Into the OS? As a Mac and iOS user it boggles the mind when
             | I see colleagues on Android closing ad popups so they can
             | view a PDF. Why are such things accepted?
        
               | casey_lang wrote:
               | There's a native reader in the Drive app. It's a nice
               | integration actually, allowing for quick management of
               | the file in Drive, keeping it from vanishing forever in
               | my phone's "downloads" folder
        
               | fooblaster wrote:
               | do you use android? I'm using the native pdf reader right
               | now.
        
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             | Geonode wrote:
             | My favorite is creative cloud and Autodesk desktop app both
             | having several processes open all the time which reopen if
             | you close them.
        
               | amelius wrote:
               | Recently found out that my Moto G4 phone is running an
               | Android version of 4 years ago. It didn't run any
               | security updates since, and without warning. And I can't
               | upgrade. Phone hardware is perfectly fine otherwise.
               | 
               | Google should be ashamed of themselves!
        
               | fooblaster wrote:
               | This isn't really directly Google's fault. hardware
               | vendors refuse to support bsps for older hardware, much
               | of which is closed source binaries that Google cannot
               | maintain. You might notice the support window for pixel
               | hardware that doesn't use Qualcomm socs is significantly
               | longer.
        
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