A bizarre camera which take 360 degree panoramic photos when it's hurled into the air has become an online sensation.
The device is relatively simple. It contains 36 two-megapixel mobile phone camera modules and an accelerometer, along with a control unit, packed inside a padded outer shell. When the user throws the ball up into the air, the accelerometer detects when it's at the peak of its flight and triggers the cameras -- software then stitches those images together into a 360-degree image.
"Very wide angle images are closer to the human field of view than conventional pictures. If seen through a panoramic viewer they let us experience a location as if we were there," says Pfeil on a project. However, he says that it's "difficult to obtain a full spherical panorama, because the downward picture cannot be captured while the camera is mounted on the tripod".
The solution is to put the cameras into a ball. "We present a throwable panoramic camera that solves these problems. The camera is thrown into the air and captures an image at the highest point of flight -- when it is hardly moving. The camera takes full spherical panoramas, requires no preparation and images are taken instantaneously. It can capture scenes with many moving objects without producing ghosting artifacts and creates unique images."
Created by graphic designers in Berlin the ball-shaped camera uses 36 fixed-focus 2 megapixel mobile phone camera and an accelerometer.
MY View:
This means that as the foam padded ball is thrown into the air, it can detect when it reaches its highest point and simultaneously take photos in all directions.The 36 images are then merged together to create a full spherical image which can be viewed using a spherical panoramic viewer… and you can see what you look like right after a throw..amazing technology...it rockss
Posted by :Vikash kumar
"Very wide angle images are closer to the human field of view than conventional pictures. If seen through a panoramic viewer they let us experience a location as if we were there," says Pfeil on a project. However, he says that it's "difficult to obtain a full spherical panorama, because the downward picture cannot be captured while the camera is mounted on the tripod".
The solution is to put the cameras into a ball. "We present a throwable panoramic camera that solves these problems. The camera is thrown into the air and captures an image at the highest point of flight -- when it is hardly moving. The camera takes full spherical panoramas, requires no preparation and images are taken instantaneously. It can capture scenes with many moving objects without producing ghosting artifacts and creates unique images."
Created by graphic designers in Berlin the ball-shaped camera uses 36 fixed-focus 2 megapixel mobile phone camera and an accelerometer.
MY View:
This means that as the foam padded ball is thrown into the air, it can detect when it reaches its highest point and simultaneously take photos in all directions.The 36 images are then merged together to create a full spherical image which can be viewed using a spherical panoramic viewer… and you can see what you look like right after a throw..amazing technology...it rockss
Posted by :Vikash kumar
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