Hello community,

Just posted this third party 3d/360 tour on facebook Krpano coders group which grabbed some attention so I bring the discussion here. Honestly it surprised me as I haven't seen something like this before and I think it offers a very nice UX blending photogrammetry scans and 360 panoramas:

https://www.kroscloud.com/3d/valdstejn-castle/7bon

As you may know in recent years 3d scans have become easier and easier to create so I guess it was a matter of time till somebody integrated both in a tour experience. Maybe there had been something like this before, I don't know, this one is the first I see and IMO it shows a possible route of deveolpment in future virtual tour experiences. ¿What do you think?

The way Krpano is coded now I guess we could be working out this kind of integration with some "3D scenes" in which the 3d models "live", then just use our current tools to load 360 scenes, layers, hotspots and everything else. I haven't look in depth but this platform seems to be coded in three.js, we already have that one available but haven't seen much use of it and personally haven't tried, I don't know till which point could we be getting this performance and customization. (Integration of "floating" hotspots in 3d models for example).

What do you think Klaus, are this kind of tours currently "doable" in Krpano? or in case, do you see potential in upgrading in this direction in future releases?

Best

Luis

Hi,

Just met today the new drone tech by Skydio with 3D scan powered by AI, kindda "The autonomous aerial Matterport" which seems a perfect match to capture the 3d model for above tours:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzOrle_D…_channel=Skydio

As I mention I see photogrammetry is having huge advances in many fields, so it will demand better tour experiences at some nearby point that complement our current flat interactive panoramas approach.





Since I met Krpano many years ago it has always shown great capability to adapt to tech evolution, so I'd really love we could have better tools in future releases to met requirements for what pictures itself as a future branch of virtual tour experiences.

Would love to hear your thoughts about this Klaus.


Best