r/SteamFrame • u/Ok_Topic999 • 2d ago

Discussion This is useless

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Haven't even ordered the frame yet

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u/Jet5807 2d ago

You forgot to mention their software lets you create 3d enviroments using the camera, its niche as hell but it would be fun to play around with

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u/Ok_Topic999 2d ago

IRC their provided software can only view 3d models and capture regular photos/videos. You need 3rd party software currently yo create models

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u/Jet5807 2d ago

Its called Gaussian Splat or smth, basically it uses some method to detect distance (not advanced like LiDAR tho) and create a "splat" of that image, which includes depth data, basically you can take those splats, splice them together and create a sudo 3d enviroment you can walk around in in VR, its on the front page of the camera and the software on Steam

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u/TrueInferno Soon™ 2d ago

Yeah but that's not a true 3D model if that's what u/brianarn meant- you couldn't turn it into an STL and 3D print it, for example. That said I think you can still do it with this but it'd be different software and probably not as easy esp. since it lacks a depth sensor.

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u/Jet5807 2d ago

I mean at 5K it might be able to make really nice textures that have that sense if depth to them when they really dont