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Re:Show HN: Astral – Augmented Reality social network by wyliec on Sunday April 30, 2017 @03:13PM (#14233301)
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.
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Re:Show HN: Astral – Augmented Reality social network by mendeza on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:59AM (#14235663)
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.
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Re:Show HN: Astral – Augmented Reality social network by wyliec on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:09AM (#14236374)
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).
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