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I am confused. Anyone understand this new 3-D Facebook app?

Started Apr 20, 2019 | Discussions thread
Turbguy1
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Re: I am confused. Anyone understand this new 3-D Facebook app?

Certainly "possible". Computer networks can recognize depth clues we learned from childhood. These clues include:

Obscurations

Shading/shadowing

Object size "dimunation" with distance

Reflections

We (humans) can certainly step into a furnished room with our eyes closed, open one eye, and immediately be able to navigate around, by applying those same (and other) depth clues. We can drive a car (and fly a aircraft) with sight in only one eye.

I suspect it works "best" with simple "scenes", such as a handful of computer-generated "objects" in a computer-generated "room", with computer-generated "colors" and "lighting". REAL WORLD everyday scenes could be a challenge, generating a lot of stereo "errors" (?)

Got any real world examples?

Currently, the Facebook App requires a depth mapping file...

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