The Future Of Photography And Hacks You Need To Know In 2018
Innovation And Consequences
Today’s world is changing rapidly, and one of the most remarkable areas of that change concerns automation. It is possible to automate a great variety of things, and even to outsource that which previously required concerted support of a direct variety. Cloud computing applications have redefined business. Small operations can compete with big ones.
Additionally, the Internet of Things (IoT) has made it so that a great deal of information capture and utility can be consolidated as well as managed remotely. Between the cloud and the internet of things, an entire office can be outsourced to private homes, and work done at the discretion of employees.
It doesn’t stop there, though. A third substantial innovation comes in the world of photography. Drones which utilize internet as a means of remote control can capture steady images of an aerial variety that would have been much more expensive otherwise. Additionally, the quality of photos has expanded nigh-exponentially.
What has really changed things, though, is technology which utilizes the kind of advances that made cloud computing and IoT possible in order to extract data from normal pictures and produce something totally different. Remember that scene in the 1980s film Blade Runner when Harrison Ford’s Deckard uses a computer to zoom into an image such that he can catch an unintended background reflection? That technology isn’t quite here—but it almost is.
The Photogrammetry Component
Photogrammetry software is totally transforming the industry; according to PhotoModeler.com, “The PhotoModeler Software extracts 3D measurements and models from photographs taken with an ordinary camera. [This represents] a cost-effective way for accurate 3D scanning, measurement, surveying, and reality capture.”
While you can’t quite talk to a computer atop an old vacuum-tube television and tell it coordinates that it must zoom into for your purposes, you can use this kind of software to map three-dimensional images from two-dimensional ones. In point of fact, this is kind of a step up from the idealized technology of Blade Runner’s fictional 2019.
As the site points out, such technology is a real game changer in terms of cost. It’s almost like a photography “hack”. You’re able to save time and money while achieving better results.
When you can do things like this with your photography, it’s possible for you to achieve the same professional veneer previously only attainable through use of a company dedicated to photography in specific. Granted, you’re still not going to be able to do things at quite the same level as professionals, but you’re going to be able to get close.
Competitiveness
Something else to consider is competitiveness. Whenever there are new innovations like this on the market, some businesses are quick to begin working with them, and some get left behind as they see these innovations to be nothing more than trend. But even if they are trend, said trends exist in transition.
Put it this way: The PDA may have been a transitory step between the cellphone and the smartphone; but now smartphones are everywhere. Businesses who were able to utilize PDA tech initially were better equipped to make the smartphone transition, thus giving them a profitable edge over competition.
Photogrammetry software is in the earlier stages of deployment, but it looks to be something whose vast implications will soon come to characterize the market. If you haven’t looked into this revolutionary technology in 2018, it may make good sense to do so. Competitors will certainly pick up the ball eventually, and there will be new technology on the horizon for which this represents a foundation.