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Re: June WWP event theme: Time
Luciano 2009-May-08 17:41:00
360 immersion movies, its been done for a while by this guys:
http://www.immersivemedia.com/#demo20
http://www.immersivemedia.com/#25
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On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Neil Parris <#removed#>wrote:
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> I like the theme Time, I think it offers a lot of creativity especially
> around extended shutter speeds or time lapse.
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> I know it may be difficult to execute but I would really like to try and
> take the different angles of a panorama from the same spot at different
> times of day. For example it could be day on one half and night on the other
> by merging two panos from the same location. Or, to raise the level of
> complexity each angle as you turn around could be at a different time, e.g.
> every hour making a single photo also convey a day long time lapse.
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> With extended exposures it's easy to see that at night this would give you
> trails of lights as cars and vehicles pass. Though around dusk or dawn with
> a small aperture and an ND filter you could slow the shutter enough that
> people walking through your scene would blur.
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> One final thought, I have seen on one website a QTVR MOV based 360 pano
> which was animated. It was a slowish frame rate but it was clear it was a
> 360 degree movie which you could view from any angle. I guess the creation
> of something like this needs one of those special conical mirror devices
> where the camera points up to the zenith and the mirror above it bends light
> from all angles to product a kind of polar image. Does anyone here on WWP
> have that equipment?
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> Neil.
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