Hello Stalkers!
Do you remember this photo?
This is a model of the building of the "Energetyk" Cultural Center that was based on scans of a building actually existing in the center of Pripyat. We used our drone to scan it from all sides and angles (yes, also from above).
You may notice that the project does not look finished in the photo above and indeed at this stage it was still in raw state. During the process of photogrammetric reconstruction of the building, "noise" appeared, which was caught by our device while scanning the object, and which is the result of, for example, inappropriate lighting. This is quite a normal thing. Therefore, a few more steps had to be taken, e.g. manually eliminating the major "noise" and other defects.
How long did the entire operation take?
It was a lengthy process. Transferring and processing materials collected in the field and then converting it into a game object takes a particularly long time. We're talking about terabytes of data here!
And remember that it was just one building. There were plenty of others next in line to be processed and transferred to Chernobylite.
So you can imagine how much time it all took, including any corrections. The computers were working at full power. Some even had too much, so we had to use specialized and modern alternative cooling methods.
In this manner, after multiple years of visiting Chernobyl, we succeeded in identifying and subsequently mapping the most captivating locations within the Chernobyl area.
When we examine the footage from those visits and the three-dimensional models generated from them, it becomes challenging to distinguish between the authentic and computer-generated elements.
Can you tell which is which?
We also used this method to scan small objects that we found in the Zone. But more about that next time.
That's it for today!
Take care, Stalkers!
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