[83a]

are there any open hardware projects to create such point clouds?

[eliaspro]

You might be interested in OpenDroneMap [1] and Mapillary's OpenSfM [2],[3]

[1] http://opendronemap.github.io/odm/pages/about.html [2] https://github.com/mapillary/OpenSfM [3] http://blog.mapillary.com/update/2014/11/14/opensfm.html

[moron4hire]

I would really like to see that as well. The rendering is interesting, but only as a passing curiosity if we can't author data.