3d Rendering and The gaming community has taken a leap forward, with a new technology brought out by the Standford University in America. The Technology allows a user to insert a photograph of landscape of any kind and automatically attempts to create a 3D render of the environment. The technology isn't perfect, but it is a big step forward in creating a system that can create a full 3D space from images, making the 3D rendering process a lot easier and simpler.

The technology has been put online, so everybody can enjoy the programs benefits. and to test it out for themselves.

"The algorithm uses a variety of visual cues that humans use for estimating the 3-D aspects of a scene," said Ashutosh Saxena, a doctoral student in computer science who developed the Make3d website with Andrew Ng, an assistant professor of computer science. "If we look at a grass field, we can see that the texture changes in a particular way as it becomes more distant."

The Computer scientists at the university taught the software using 2D images of the campus and laser measured distances, and are looking into incorporating object recognition into the software, allowing it to recognize human bodies to get a more accurate measurement of it's surroundings.

The website allows images to be uploaded or directly imported from the photo sharing website, Flickr. To check out the website for yourself goto http://make3d.stanford.edu/