Niantic, Inc.

Sara Alexandra Gomes Vicente

Gabriel J Brostow

Michael David Firman

James Watson

Oisin MacAodha

Clément Godard

A scene reconstruction model is disclosed that outputs a heightfield for a series of input images. The model, for each input image, predicts a depth map and extracts a feature map. The model builds a 3D model utilizing the predicted depth maps and camera poses for the images. The model raycasts the 3D model to determine a raw heightfield for the scene. The model utilizes the raw heightfield to sample features from the feature maps corresponding to positions on the heightfield. The model aggregates the sampled features into an aggregate feature map. The model regresses a refined heightfield based on the aggregate feature map. The model determines the final heightfield based on a combination of the raw heightfield and the refined heightfield. With the final heightfield, a client device may generate virtual content augmented on real-world images captured by the client device.

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Sara Alexandra Gomes Vicente