Get Your Splat On: Insta360 Adds 360-to-3D Spatial Capture to Its Newer Cameras
Using one of several recent 360 cameras and a technique called 3D Gaussian splatting, you can recreate any space in 3D to share with anyone in the world. Insta360 is adding this new feature, called Spatial Capture, and it only requires you to walk around with a camera recording a video for a few minutes. All processing is then done in the cloud. After a few minutes, you’ve got something that looks and feels like a video game, except it represents a real place, and no programming knowledge is required.
Admittedly, this new Spatial Capture feature isn’t something most people need in their everyday lives. It is definitely cool, though, and a new, unique way to share a place with others. However, for certain people and professions, it could be even more useful.
Imagine a museum that you can “walk” through in VR or on the web. Real estate...
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