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by mockery 3328 days ago
By 'optical flow calculations' do you mean a linear extrapolation of the projected 'image-space' position of the ball?

If so, that seems like it would be insufficient since a thrown object doesn't move linearly, let alone its projection.

If not, then I'm curious what you're describing, and how it's much simpler than integrating an ODE?

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Not quite. If you're interested take a look at,

https://youtu.be/eKaYnXQUb2g?t=6m10s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9UVIo_ZUo&list=PL0AknDL1Vt...

Camera homography preserves straight-lines, but it also gives a heuristic to avoid obstacles. Apparently this is also how bees and birds navigate.