Our group did the following to capture the Viewing Shelter in the Japanese Garden:
Peter Li-
I used the Scaniverse app to make a mesh model of the shelter. The experience of using Scaniverse was unfortunately a disaster. Specifically, it failed to recognize some of the components of the scan and define it as empty space. For example, the wooden sticks on the windows were not recognized. In addition, the roof of the shelter was incomplete as the 3D model shows a large hole on the roof. The application works for small objects like chairs and rocks in the shelter, but when it comes to a building, it fails.
Michael Dipeolu-
I ended working on the photogrammetry part for the project by heading to the Japanese garden around noon and taking about 60 photos. After uploading them into the Agisoft application in class, I was able to see which parts of the mesh needed better references to create an overall better product. Because our group has the viewing shelter as our “object” for this project I needed to take more photos with more varying angles and do my best to get pictures of the roof to complete the whole mesh.
Luke Pegram-
I used the Polycam app to make a 360 degree panorama of the view in front of the shelter. I at first thought this would be difficult, but the app is quite streamlined and made the setup of the process more straightforward than it maybe would have been otherwise. However, I found the technical aspect of making the panorama itself to be relatively challenging. I have naturally shaky hands, and so it was a real challenge to hold my phone steady enough to the point where the panorama view which was produced “clipped” (disjointedly) as little as possible. After a number of tries, I had to accept the fact that the end result would not be perfect. I was particularly frustrated with the fact that no matter what, there is always a visible “seam” in the panorama where the start and end meet. Regardless, I came away with the impression that the point of this technique is to communicate more or less the general spatial context of the object as opposed to specific details of it, so perhaps precise cleanliness is not essential for a good panorama.