From one course to the whole country
The potential of the Miklagard project quickly extended beyond a single golf course. Arild Karlsen, the main investor, suggested creating a nationwide solution. This led to the birth of BirdieEyes, a comprehensive app for all Norwegian golf courses. With BirdieEyes, players could seamlessly transition between clubs, book tee times, create games with various formats, invite friends, track real-time scores, and update their handicaps. Additionally, the app enabled players to purchase practice balls from vending machines and make other purchases at golf courses throughout Norway.
Augmented Reality and 3D Technologies
One of the most significant challenges was developing an augmented reality system that could accurately depict the markings on the golf course terrain. The two-dimensional nature of the marker layer and the lack of elevation data presented obstacles. To overcome these challenges, we utilized drones and 3D technologies. By employing these methods, we successfully digitized the course and created a highly accurate 3D model. However, we encountered another issue, as the model's size was too large for mobile devices. A single course's data amounted to approximately 500 MB. Our development team addressed this issue by writing a specialized algorithm that optimized the 3D models, reducing their size while preserving the required accuracy.
