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 TosoliniProductions Bellevue, Washington |
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Last week I scanned the Microsoft Conference Center at their Redmond, WA headquarters. While I can't post the actual model, I'd like to share some learnings from this project. - The scan took me 10h straight. I was able to complete the entire floor with one MP charge - I brought with me an extra power bank to keep the iPad and my iPhone (which I use with the Surface Level app) constantly charged - I reached 400 scans and the Capture app didn't have issues handling such volume on my iPad Air 2 64GB - I walked the equivalent of 8+ km (good exercise) and listened to a lot of podcasts (good self education) - The most challenging areas were the big rooms and auditoriums where there wasn't enough difference between scan points. I embraced the chaos technique (scanning in various locations without a perfect pattern) as the app was failing to connect scans - I had a 10% failed scans due to not enough overlap - The auditorium was particularly dark by the podium, so in lack of a better tool, I used the flash light on my iPhone to illuminate some closeby objects as they were scanned. The MP HDR did a good job overall  |
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| Thanks for the sharing. How many square feet was the entire area? BTW, I think matterport is fairly robust about not having level straight scans (if that was what you were using the surface level app for) I have tried scans with visible to naked eye, non level placement of tripod, and it still stitches. |
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| i have a conference center coming up, just slightly smaller than this, thanks. i get crazy off-kilter scans a lot, mostly in bathrooms. i level every time. | ||
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 WGAN ForumFounder & WGAN-TV Podcast Host Atlanta, Georgia |
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| @Tosolini You rock. TY for sharing. What did you learn from the podcasts?  Dan |
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Tosolini Productions Bellevue, Washington |
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| @aerialpixels I don't have the space square feet info, I just know it's very big. We also scanned the back alleys for personnel training purposes. I agree that the camera is very forgiving about leveling. It seems that the software figures out how to align scans even if they are not perfectly leveled. |
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