Collaborate Disseminate
As winter well and truly grips the northern hemisphere, it’s time once again to dunk on Tesla for leaving some owners out in the cold — literally. It seems that …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 16, 2022
Google today announced that it will allow anyone to contribute to the Street View feature in Google Maps using just their smartphone camera.
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Continue reading Google Opens Up Street View to All Users
A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies. Continue reading Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps
If you’d have asked most people a few decades ago if they wanted a picture of every street address in the world, they would have probably looked at you like you were crazy. But turns out that Google Street View is handy for several reasons. Sure, it is easy to check out the neighborhood around that cheap hotel before you book. But it is also a great way to visit places virtually. Now one of those places is the International Space Station (ISS).
[Thomas Pesquet] in a true hack used bungee cords and existing cameras to take panoramas of all …read more
Continue reading Ok Google. Navigate to the International Space Station
Imagine yourself riding through the countryside of Tuscany in the morning, then popping over to Champagne for a tour in the evening without taking a plane ride in the intermission. In fact, you don’t have to leave your living room. All you need is a stationary bicycle, a VR headset, and CycleVR.
[Aaron Puzey] hasn’t quite made the inter-country leap quite like that, but he has cycled the entire length of the UK, from its southern point to its northernmost tip. The 1500km journey took 85 hours over the course of eight months to complete.
CycleVR is actually a VR …read more
Imagine yourself riding through the countryside of Tuscany in the morning, then popping over to Champagne for a tour in the evening without taking a plane ride in the intermission. In fact, you don’t have to leave your living room. All you need is a stationary bicycle, a VR headset, and CycleVR.
[Aaron Puzey] hasn’t quite made the inter-country leap quite like that, but he has cycled the entire length of the UK, from its southern point to its northernmost tip. The 1500km journey took 85 hours over the course of eight months to complete.
CycleVR is actually a VR …read more
It’s not a cow. It’s a bullock. We know that because it was a nude photo. Would that make it unacceptable on Facebook? Continue reading Bullocks need privacy too! Google Street View blurs ruminant’s face
One of the problems with a cheap drone is getting good video, especially in real time. Cheap hobby quadcopters often have a camera built-in or mounted in a fixed position. That’s great for fun shots, but it makes it hard to get just the right shot, especially as the drone tilts up and down, taking the camera with it. Pricey drones often have a gimbal mount to keep the camera stable, but you are still only looking in one direction.
Some cheap drones now have a VR (virtual reality) mode to feed signal to a headset or a Google Cardboard-like …read more
Continue reading A Drone Photosphere is Worth 4000 Times Pi Words
Police arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly setting a Google Street View car on fire because he “felt Google was watching him”.
Continue reading Street View car allegedly torched by man who feared Google was watching him
