Posting from Kathleen Tuite:
Hi Everyone,
I’m excited to announce (at the last possible minute) that PhotoCity is live and needs you to participate!
http://photocity.cs.washington.edu/fb.php
Essentially, this is a week-long competition between our school and Cornell to take a lot of photos and reconstruct models of both campuses. As it turns out, Cornell has some nice-looking buildings, AND a Mr. Noah Snavely who is involved in this project and is also responsible for PhotoTourism and Photosynth back when he was at UW.
To play, take photos and add them to the game before December 20th. Your photos have to connect up to the existing virtual models, so please check out the map on the main page (http://photocity.cs.washington.edu) to figure out where to go. Only daytime photos work right now. Conveniently, the game has been seeded with many buildings near CSE! Later in the week, we should begin allowing you to submit your own ‘seeds’/buildings, but there is no guarantee that we’ll be able to add your seed to the game.
Requirements to play:
– a camera! nothing too fancy, even your iphone will work
– a web browser, with which to upload photos to the game
– walking around outside with your friends
– gloves! not required, but probably recommended, as it has been awfully cold outside
Also, check out a video of the 3D models we’ve already created: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZP5DOylc3Q
As you can see, some of the buildings are quite sparse and ghostly, and your photos can help fill them in.
If you have questions about this game or would like to try it on your iPhone (we have an app but it’s not yet available through the App Store), please email me!
Thanks!
– Kathleen & the PhotoCity team