NAVVIS system guides users through buildings via a collection of photos
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The NAVVIS interface on a user's smartphone
A 3D reconstruction of a corridor at the university
A three-dimensional point cloud map generated by NAVVIS
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While we’ve pretty much got to the point where we take GPS-enabled navigation systems for granted, there’s one rather prominent place where they can’t access the necessary satellites – indoors. A number of projects have taken on the challenge of indoor navigation, incorporating things like accelerometers, “invisible” landmarks, rapidly flickering lights, and magnetic fields. The experimental new NAVVIS system, however, utilizes a database of photographs.
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