Generating immersive trip photograph visualizations

immersive trip reports
presentation of photographs
virtual reality
augmented reality

Generation of immersive trip photograph visualizations as implemented by
a computing device is described to provide a viewer of photographs from a trip
with an immersive experience as if the viewer were in the space where the trip
trip took place. In one example, a set of photographs taken on a trip in which
a user followed a path through a geographical area is obtained. An indication of
the geographical area where the set of photographs were captured is also
received. Both a location and an orientation of ones of the the set of
photographs within a three dimensional terrain model of the geographical area is
determined. An indication of user-selected photographs of the set of photographs
is also received, and a fly-through view through the three dimensional terrain
model is generated. The fly-through view is along the path through the
geographical area, and includes each of the user-selected photographs as well as
data from the three dimensional terrain model that fills in data beyond the
user-selected photographs.