Taking panorama stitching to the next level
Some researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University (ones working in California, not the main campus around the corner from me in Pittsburgh, but it made the local paper anyway) have built a robot that holds the camera and automatically pans/tilts it between shots. What's more, it sounds as if they're going to get it to market and are expecting a retail price of around $200.00 (not including the camera). http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07031/758011-96.stm OK, it'll take half an hour to take 300 shots and get a 30 gigapixel image, but it's still pretty cool! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Taking panorama stitching to the next level
Cool. Something like this: http://vrm.vrway.com/vartist/VR_industry/NEW_KARLINE_RODEON_PRO_VR_HEAD.html Cheaper and available (the manufactures website doesn't seem to be alive anymore) would be nice. Cheers, Dave On 2/1/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University (ones working in California, not the main campus around the corner from me in Pittsburgh, but it made the local paper anyway) have built a robot that holds the camera and automatically pans/tilts it between shots. What's more, it sounds as if they're going to get it to market and are expecting a retail price of around $200.00 (not including the camera). http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07031/758011-96.stm OK, it'll take half an hour to take 300 shots and get a 30 gigapixel image, but it's still pretty cool! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Taking panorama stitching to the next level
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/02/01 Thu PM 02:30:24 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Taking panorama stitching to the next level Some researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University (ones working in California, not the main campus around the corner from me in Pittsburgh, but it made the local paper anyway) have built a robot that holds the camera and automatically pans/tilts it between shots. What's more, it sounds as if they're going to get it to market and are expecting a retail price of around $200.00 (not including the camera). http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07031/758011-96.stm OK, it'll take half an hour to take 300 shots and get a 30 gigapixel image, but it's still pretty cool! Two (neither of them positive, I'm afraid) thoughts: 1. the light can change a lot in 30 minutes 2. next, an automatic vehicle to transport you to the best location, as decided by perusing Gurgle Earth.. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
