Sunday, June 18, 2017

Displaying Meshes online

I've been working on displaying some 3D models online of the shipwrecks we find. So far I have been using two meshes from last summer, and I created a mesh using AgiSoft from photos taken last year of the Beaufighter plane. I am hoping soon to have more image data of the shipwrecks in Elmo's Bay and off of Manuel Island. Once I have imagery I can create more 3D meshes to display. I have developed a website and the goal is to educate people on many of the underwater treasures around Malta. The 3D models are interactive, so users can look all around them and zoom in and out to get up close visions of the shipwrecks. Below are some screen shots of the meshes I have been working with so far. I had to do some modifying of each mesh in Blender to get the textures to work, center the mesh, resize it, and delete excess pieces of the model that were unnecessary or inaccurate.




Here are some examples of other websites I have been basing some of my work off of:
https://sketchfab.com/models/9ee29137e6ff40c1b70388b5cffa13fe
http://www.seriousanimation.com/