Show HN: Astral – Augmented Reality social network(github.com)
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Show HN: Astral – Augmented Reality social network
https://github.com/casparwylie/Astral
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I started this project when I was 16 and it is now 5 months into development. I'm interested to know what people think of the idea, and how I've decided to go about the project (see README for screenshots and details). Depending on the interest I receive, I hope to get it onto the app store soon. Thanks for taking a look.
Looks interesting! How do you place the pin so it looks like the pin in placed on the sidewalk/road?
I skimmed your code and you were analyzing the image to find buildings?
I skimmed your code and you were analyzing the image to find buildings?
The pin gets rendered in a 3D scene, and positioned via finding the difference between your current coordinates and the pins. The building stuff is so that people cannot see a pin when there should be a building in the way. I do this by using computer vision that analyses the map imagery.
Oh, that makes sense, but how do you render the pin in 3D when you see the pin in Augmented Reality. I see your screenshots where you see the pin on google maps and the pin when you view it I augmented reality.
It's a mimic - there isn't a method in apple maps that render it. I made the 3D versions myself. I use scene libraries that overlay the camera view (that is basically what AR is).
Nice project! I'm especially interested by the possibility of a twitter-style feed per neighbourhood, the big red pins could look a little more varied though.
I plan to make many different types/colours of pins for different topics (social, informative, advertisement, etc). Cheers.