Ok kids, grab your anaglyph (red/green) glasses and see if you think that this might be the ‘next big thing’ to hit the ‘Net.
What you are about to see is the product of two DV camcorders, a firewire interface and some nifty software. The nifty software is ‘Stereo Movie Maker’ and it’s free and quite handy for making all thing moving and stereo. The firewire cards and DV camcorders, well your on your own getting your hands on those. By the use of red/green glasses a 3D stereo effect is achieved. The sudden inclusion of depth in the moving image and impressive to say the least. I just wish there were more people doing this out there on the Interweb. You can see more examples of 3D vlogging on RogerTube’s YouTube page or better yet, go visit his web page for even more theory and application of this very interesting method. Enjoy!
New Breed of Stereoscopic Video Camera
This is a lovely video clip demonstrating the latest and greatest in 3D video technology from the mind of James Cameron. The system uses two high def cameras and a nice little parallax adjustment to create two images that are fused in the user’s head via polarizing glasses.
This should make this a wonderful camera if it ever become a standard production camera. The mass adoption of LCD screens in the home may make this rather tricky however. It’s common to use an alternating left right frame display coupled with LCD shutter glasses worn by the viewer. This is fine with old CRT tube TVs and monitors because of the way the images are ‘painted’ on the screen but it won’t work on LCD displays. I have no idea if it would work on a plasma or a DLP screen. Anyone know the answer to this?
I look forward to seeing the movie when it comes out, in an IMAX theater near you I should think. One extra note, it’s nice to see that I was on the right track with my own 3D video camera. I would ‘toe in’ the cameras when the subject would get near to mimic the way the human eyes deals with moving targets. Nice to see I’m on the right track.
[via uberreview]
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
It’s coming up, that special day where everyone in the world takes pictures without a lens! If you are a fan of lens less photography like I am, then you should make an effort to ‘pinhole’ your surroundings and post them to the group galleries or if you have a Flickr account you can post them here.
What? Did you say that you don’t have a pinhole camera? Well if you care to break out the tools you can find instructions here to build your own or you can always buy the Pinhole Camera Kit Photography Kit from Amazon. Whatever you choose you had best do it quick, you are going to want to test out your camera to get the right exposure times. I hope to see your photos soon!
Planetary Orbit Clock
A fascinating clock, it resembles a mini solar system that has been chromed by some hot-rod loving alien race. You tell the time by looking at it from directly overhead.
[via ektopia]
Scientists Spark Super Nova On Cue
Ever want to see exactly how a white dwarf star goes nova? Well now you can, or at least you can see a simulation of what it would be like. I doubt you would want to be next to one if it did go nova. Sunburn would be the least of your worries.
Celebrate Yuri’s Night, 13 April 2007
I remember last year’s celebration of Yuri Gagarin’s historic trip to space (he was the first after all). People were encouraged to have their own parties and celebrations. All in all I think everyone had a good time. This year it looks like there is just one big celebration in San Francisco. If your in the area you should stop by, Anousheh Ansari(wiki), (the first privately-funded female space explorer) will be there giving a speech.
[via MAKE]
Yuri’s Night . San Francisco Bay Area . 13 April 2007