Fotowoosh
Posted: September 18, 2007 Filed under: Fun, Images, Museums, Technology, [ Creating the ARLIS/NA Student Blog ] 2 Comments »Carnegie Mellon has developed a sophisticated software program that turns a flat photograph into a 3-D explorable environment.
I wonder what the applications would be for architectural renderings, studies of spaces depicted by artists (Van Gogh), etc. It would also be interesting to know whether a computer program could “understand” the space in a Van Gogh in the way a human viewer does.
Check out the video and explanation at http://www.fotowoosh.com
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For rcooper:
There actually IS a 3-D site that explores the “insides” of Van Gogh paintings. Here is the Google listing with the link address:
“Van Gogh Museum: virtual tourWelcome to the Van Gogh 3D exhibition. If you have not yet downloaded the 3D exhibition then click here to do so. To continue to the 3D spaces select a …
http://www.vangoghmuseum.com/virtual-tour/index.asp – 9k – Cached – Similar pages”
rcooper:
In case the above didn’t come through, the link is
http://www.vangoghmuseum.com/virtual-tour/index.asp