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downboots | on: Show HN: I 3D scanned the tunnels inside the Maya Pyramid Temples at Copan
The transitions are much smoother than Google street view
nh2 | parent | next
If you like smooth transitions, check my startup's:

https://benaco.com/go/k4-green-hn-2024

lukehollis | root | parent
These look great! What strategy did you use to do the transitions?
nh2 | root | parent
It works as you described: Texturing the mesh "live" as you move through it. It does use Three.js as a base, but needs custom shaders to make it 60 FPS.
lukehollis | root | parent
Very cool.. bravo -- it looks so good
lukehollis | parent
Matterport works special magic on the transition between 360 images in their SDK. As far as I understand it, they render 360 cube camera onto the material of the mesh of the environment as you move so it looks like you're moving in the real mesh but only seeing the 360 image. I tried to approximate this myself in Three.js but didn't get anywhere near the quality or performance of their work. Homage.