This brings back memories of Microsoft's acquisition of SeaDragon. At the time they had a really compelling demo (at least for me) of reconstructing 3D locations based on a smatterings of photos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seadragon_Software

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFSsTwXLqsc

Thanks for the memory - definitely one of the coolest demos I'd ever seen.

Any idea how accurate the pitch was compared to the reality?

At the time I really thought that was going to be the next Street View.

Maybe with WebGL and Gaussian Splats that can still be the case. But it’s also a ZIRP kind of project. Awesome, but what’s the business model?