Capture and privacy
Recording your first capture, on-device blurring of faces and plates, and the regions where uploading is blocked.
Recording a capture #
Before recording, grant camera permission. Location permission is optional and controls whether the capture can be placed on a map.
While recording, move slowly around whatever you are capturing. Hold the phone as steady as you can, resist the urge to pan fast, and try to get every reachable side. Any side you skip becomes a hole in the resulting 3D model.
Once recording stops, the clip is uploaded for a quality check. A clip that clears the check can be submitted to a bounty.
What happens to faces and number plates #
While you record, your phone itself finds faces and vehicle number plates in the footage and blurs them.
Blurring happens before the video is even encoded, so no unblurred frame ever exists off your device. What gets uploaded is the blurred video and nothing else.
Location #
With location enabled, the capture carries a geotag and shows up on the map. Turning location off does not break anything. The capture simply stays off the map. Note that certain bounties insist on location, because it is how the requester confirms you filmed the right spot.
Where uploads are unavailable #
Some regions do not support uploads. When that applies to you, a message appears saying uploads are unavailable in your region. The restriction is determined by two things: where the capture was taken and which network region you are connecting from.
If you appear in a capture #
If you have been recorded in someone's capture, you can ask for extra blurring or for the capture to be removed by emailing privacy@atopiadata.net. How the request is handled and how long it takes are covered in the Privacy policy.