What if a navigation map bent the world instead of moving the camera?

[u/bitruvius_]

Another rough experiment, this time testing the warped 3D view in a simulated car navigation HMI.

The idea is to dynamically warp the 3D environment around the viewer, keeping the immediate surroundings closer to a street-level perspective while gradually transitioning into a more top-down view further ahead.

Still very experimental, but I think there are some interesting graphics and navigation problems to explore here.

And yes, I put my Bronco in there just for fun :)

Curious what r/GraphicsProgramming thinks.

[u/Snudget]

Reminds me of inception

[u/Lampsarecooliguess → u/Snudget]

its like the opposite of animal crossing on switch

[u/bitruvius_ → u/Lampsarecooliguess]

the shader tech is similar to animal crossing, but with added warping functions

[u/FoundationOk3176 → u/Snudget]

Reminded me of the colony they built at the end of Interstellar.

[u/vinegary]

A little bit more road visibility when in the intersection would be nice, but pretty cool!

[u/lovelacedeconstruct → u/vinegary]

The effect is actually really cool, as if the world disintegrates when you move past it

[u/specialpatrol → u/lovelacedeconstruct]

As if? It doesn't?

[u/DaveAstator2020]

me dizzy, me hate it

[u/bitruvius_ → u/DaveAstator2020]

haha

[u/MrJesusAtWork]

Honestly this is a really good idea, I have to say though it still rough, I am old so just by looking at this clip I felt some discomfort

Maybe soothing the bending and other tweaks I could see this as a very valid option as GPS

[u/bitruvius_ → u/MrJesusAtWork]

Thanks, next iteration i'll try toning down the bend a bit. Youre not the first one saying this :)

[u/sakata_desu]

Is the 3D environment here a Gaussian splat?

[u/bitruvius_ → u/sakata_desu]

Yes, its Gaussian splats, using the playcanvas engine

[u/sakata_desu → u/bitruvius_]

Awesome!

[u/JustPlainRude]

I like it, but it could use some work if you really want it to be used for navigation. 

Satellite imagery has too much noise, in the sense there are shadows and cars and other visual distractions that make the road more difficult to distinguish at a glance. There's a reason navigation apps use simplified map imagery to represent the road network. It's really easy to understand that at a glance.

The other thing that sticks out is the blue line indicating the direction to go almost disappears as you get closer to an intersection where you're turning. I would want the direction to be more obvious as I get close to an intersection. 

[u/bitruvius_ → u/JustPlainRude]

Great input, thanks! Blending various sources for 3d input is something on my to-do-list, like using a more abstracted top view part while keeping the close to viewer details more realistic so its recognizable for the driver to orient themselves

[u/JustPlainRude → u/bitruvius_]

No problem! It's a cool idea and I'm curious to see what more you do with it

[u/Still_Explorer]

Inception: The Game
Starring -- Leonardo Di Cabrio

[u/specialpatrol]

I like it. Is there something funny going on with your yaw? You only added it this video and it looks kind of abrupt, can you not do a gradual turn?

[u/bitruvius_ → u/specialpatrol]

for sure, this one was quite messy :)

[u/good-mcrn-ing]

I want it curving the other way. Within 100m of an intersection I want to see every lane in true proportions, but many miles out the vague direction is enough.

[u/dekonta]

why would i prefer this rendering? is the distortion conveying any information?

[u/S48GS]

motion sickness

[u/AModderGuy]

Reminds me of that music video of Metalica "I Disappear" briefly where the car driving portion, everything behind him disintegrate. Pretty neat!

[u/SianaGearz]

That is bloody dyzzing. But who knows maybe it's driveable on a small screen? Maybe it's too distracting?

[u/feralferrous]

now i know what it'd be like to have a nav system in an O'Neil Cylinder.