Google Street View can come to use 3D technology Portuguese – Good News

It is a geolocation system that, using only two cameras filming banal, can recreate urban routes 3D. The technology developed by researchers at the University of Coimbra called Google’s attention which funded the research part.

Google Street View “is built on cars equipped with a complicated system that uses many cameras and GPS “says the Good News John Baker (pictured, center), Professor, University of Coimbra (UC) which is coordinating the research.

The research, started nearly two years, brings together two research groups the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC) UC – Institute of Robotics Systems and Telecommunications Institute.

“Our system uses images collected by two banal cameras that record images in ‘stereo’, functioning as a left eye and right eye.” Then, the algorithm created by the team, images are reinterpreted creating an immersive experience where the user navigates freely through the streets without being ‘stuck’ to the route of the cameras, “adds the researcher.

Besides being more economical and immersive, this new computer model for visualization and 3D reconstruction of cities gives rise to lighter images (more compact) and detailed: “The big advantage is that we provide 3D images without resorting to satellite with a Technical greatly simplified. “

In addition, this new system uses parallel processing architectures in order to accelerate significantly, the computation time. Thus, it generates Automatically maps in 3D and the information is stored on the server.

Google’s Interest
 

The research Carolina Raposo, John Baker and Gabriel Falcon caught the attention of the giant Google, which decided to fund the team through a Faculty Research Award that in addition to funding, provides support and ‘know- how ‘of Google professionals.

 
 The team has been in contact with Google to whom you are reporting the results. The researcher believes that even in the future, Google Street View can use this technology, delivering 3D maps where the user has more autonomy movement.