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by soggypretzels
4047 days ago
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I had a book of chindogu from at least 10 years ago. They had an invention that looked shockingly like the jump camera. Here is an image which shows a scan of a few of the images including the relivent one: http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/chindogu-un... I find it kind of funny that Google is now using a system that was invented so long ago as a joke. Why not use any of the other system to capture 360 3d images? Why did Google decide 16 cameras was the right way to go? The only reason I can think is you might get higher res images out of 16 cameras than with only a few and a hemispherical reflector or a motor, but is it really worth the extra cost and points of failure? |
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It's for capturing 3D movies, which can then be stitched together and viewed immersively. There's similar technology used in "Circle 360" theaters in Disneyworld (EPCOT) and other places, but the cost has generally been in the content-production side of things.
Cost is still in the content-production side, but by basing it on commercial off-the-shelf components, they're bringing it closer to the masses.