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Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions :-) We are \"very alpha\" right now. Edit: We have an API over at: https:\u002F\u002Fusdz.app\u002Fapi",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"29765046","porkbrain","If it's not a secret, I'd love to read some design document about the backend behind this app. What's the blackbox that takes set of images as an input and produces a 3D model as…",{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"29765146","We've very much built on the shoulders of giants: ``` - Frontend & API (Rails + jumpstartrails.com) - Images --> USDZ (Swift Code on a Cloud hosted Mac) - USDZ --> GLTF (Swift +…",[63,67,74,78,89],{"value":64,"source":50,"evidence":65},"Rails",[66],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},{"value":68,"source":50,"evidence":69},"Swift",[70,71],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},{"id":72,"by":11,"text":73},"29765079","It is a stupidly long AWS based pipeline w\u002F the photogrammetry part is in swift.",{"value":75,"source":50,"evidence":76},"AWS S3, CloudFront, SQS",[77],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},{"value":79,"source":80,"evidence":81},"Apple Object Capture API","commenter",[82,86],{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"29765410","nobbis","It uses the Object Capture API introduced in the latest version of macOS. The API allows you to create 3D models from images with just a few lines of code.…",{"id":87,"by":84,"text":88},"29765558","He asked for the “blackbox that takes set of images as an input and produces a 3D model as an output.” That black box is Object Capture API, which takes a folder of images and…",{"value":90,"source":50,"evidence":91},"Capacitor",[92],{"id":93,"by":11,"text":94},"29766403","It will. We've been building the mobile app using a cross platform framework (Capacitor) with the view of making it Android compatible. Capacitor does the job, but we've had to…","unknown","beta","team",{"praise":99,"objections":115,"requests":148,"questions":174,"alternatives":196},[100],{"value":101,"source":80,"evidence":102},"Easy to use and a useful free tool",[103,107,111],{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"29765745","tluyben2","This is really great, thanks for doing this!",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"29772640","hansoolo","Thank you for making this! This is exactly the easy solution I was looking for a few days ago for a side project.",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"29766562","darkteflon","Looks Excellent! Going to try this out tonight in Final Cut Pro with the mTracker 3D plugin.",[116,131,138],{"value":117,"source":80,"evidence":118},"iPhone camera access errors on SE 2020 and SE2",[119,123,127],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"29767338","tomdekan","This looks great. Unfortunately the app is not working for me on an iPhone SE 2020. I am getting an ‘Error accessing your camera. Please check your permissions’. 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Right now it is not possible (via the phone). It should be possible via the API or https:\u002F\u002Fusdz.app",[149,160,167],{"value":150,"source":80,"evidence":151},"Android support",[152,156],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"29766380","aero-glide2","Does this have android support?",{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"29767549","GistNoesis","If you don't have an iphone, you can view he model by downloading them in the \"options\" drop-down menu to obtain the usdz file, which you can then use either with Pixar…",{"value":161,"source":80,"evidence":162},"Better documentation of requirements",[163],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"29765123","armagon","Hi Marcus. It would be nice to have some idea going in for what the requirements are. - I have to admit, I don't understand why I can't preview the 3D experiences right on my…",{"value":168,"source":80,"evidence":169},"Ability to export to CAD or 3D printing formats",[170],{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"29765159","nemacol","Anyway to take a model that was created and get it into CAD \u002F modeling software? I don't know much about VR\u002FAR but I know it is a pain in the bum to replicate an object \u002F create…",[175,182,189],{"value":176,"source":80,"evidence":177},"What photogrammetry pipeline is used",[178],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"29765036","genpfault","What photogrammetry pipeline are you using?",{"value":183,"source":80,"evidence":184},"How many photos are needed",[185],{"id":186,"by":187,"text":188},"29766112","etaioinshrdlu","How many photos does it take? 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