A technical analysis of photogrammetry with reality capture
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Denmark, Evan L.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Allan Adams.
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Photogrammetry is a useful process to quickly and accurately create 3D assets. Although the aesthetic quality of a reconstructed 3D model is ultimately the most important factor, other factors like total reconstruction time and model size do play a role in objectifying success. The reconstruction software Reality Capture additionally provides three metrics that describe the photo alignment process. Through a series of photogrammetry sessions in a variety of environments, these three metrics - average track length, median reprojection error, and the percent of registered cameras - are tested for their correlation to the final quality of the model. It was concluded that these metrics do not provide meaningful insight to the model's quality.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, September, 2020 Cataloged from student-submitted PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-61).
Date issued
2020Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencePublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.