tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post111367517895482724..comments2023-09-18T08:59:53.722-07:00Comments on Video Thing: Panoramic Video Field TestWileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-81104139156466990312008-01-25T18:50:00.000-08:002008-01-25T18:50:00.000-08:00360° video rocks, for sure! I've just got involved...360° video rocks, for sure! I've just got involved into it after years of still panoramic pictures... Now it's time to contribute to evolution of human vision online ;)<BR/><BR/>By the way, if you wanna look at my very first video 360°, here it is:<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5tQITRH2g<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, best regards to you from Geneva (Switzerland)<BR/>Best regards,<BR/>JM<BR/>Photographer in GenevaMcJanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287560877463927352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113769152872648072005-04-17T13:19:00.000-07:002005-04-17T13:19:00.000-07:00or a 1 pixel high adaptation of Flatworld.or a 1 pixel high adaptation of Flatworld.cemenTIMentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579820272719763038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113769111911755242005-04-17T13:18:00.000-07:002005-04-17T13:18:00.000-07:00Yeah, there's a picture of the thing at http://www...Yeah, there's a picture of the thing at http://www.inertia-llc.com/sandbox/360onevr-video/index.html<BR/>It's a commercially avaliable 360 lens, but my idea of a DIY version would work in the same way I guess..<BR/><BR/>I too have thought of making films in strange ratios, definitely something that could be interesting. One idea is widening the gate of Standard-8 film cameras so that you could get an image right to the edge of the film, and crop between the sproket holes to a very wide widescreen!cemenTIMentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579820272719763038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113762996192928022005-04-17T11:36:00.000-07:002005-04-17T11:36:00.000-07:00This brings up something interesting:This effect w...This brings up something interesting:<BR/>This effect would be totally ruined if you showed it in a 4.3 frame and so-so in 16.9... <BR/>which brings me to my point- since so much delivery is happening online, why isn't anyone making films or music videos in bizarre aspect ratios? Quicktime can do whatever you tell it to... imagine a short or a video with like a 40.6 aspect ratio... one that actually uses that space in an interesting way. Sure no camera can shoot like that, but you can crop and composit to make something interesting...<BR/><BR/>Somebody give me some money so I can quit my job and do shit like this.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113752730544058842005-04-17T08:45:00.000-07:002005-04-17T08:45:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113750898314790592005-04-17T08:14:00.000-07:002005-04-17T08:14:00.000-07:00Do they show how the hell they mounted it to the d...Do they show how the hell they mounted it to the dv camera?<BR/><BR/>I want to do this so bad now... <BR/><BR/>Just another expensive thing to want, along with 3d video lenses.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113735988141981252005-04-17T04:06:00.000-07:002005-04-17T04:06:00.000-07:00>panoramic lens... it's actually a 360 degree view...>panoramic lens... it's actually a 360 degree view. >Taking a normal shot and then warping it wouldn't <BR/><BR/>I know... that's what I mean: you could rig up a reflective sphere in front of your lens on a stick, shoot some footage and then use the plugin I mentioned to unwrap it into a panorama very similar to this, only of course using this method it'd include an image of the camera in shot! I think the distance from ball to lens would determine how close to actual 360 you get... <BR/><BR/>Actually, just looking at this page on how they did it:<BR/>http://www.inertia-llc.com/sandbox/360onevr-video/index.html<BR/>It seems their device also has the camera in shot... in fact the reflector is attatched by a stick to the center of the lens! So depending on the rig and the method of unwrapping the image you probably could actually get a shot without the camera visible by pointing the camera upwards at the sphere. Their reflector is not spherical, but a sphere should work to some extent I would think. I'll do some experimentation some time...<BR/><BR/>I bet proper 360 lenses are very expensive... :(cemenTIMentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579820272719763038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113710284216221312005-04-16T20:58:00.000-07:002005-04-16T20:58:00.000-07:00Well I suppose I could have been more articulate i...Well I suppose I could have been more articulate in my post, but Wiley cuts right to the chase - to me this is an amazing example of taking something that typically sucks (spheroid mumbo-jumbo) and kind of reverse engineering it to make it completely chilling and (for my money) oddly visceral.<BR/><BR/>I keep watching the section where he goes through the door over and over. It's like 'where does the door come from?'.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863518658843624935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113703633439685822005-04-16T19:07:00.000-07:002005-04-16T19:07:00.000-07:00Well the whole deal here isn't necessarily the dis...Well the whole deal here isn't necessarily the distortion, but the fact that this was shot with a panoramic lens... it's actually a 360 degree view. Taking a normal shot and then warping it wouldn't be quite as mind bending. This really makes me want to find a panoramic lens and find a way to attatch it to my dv camera.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113688404876559082005-04-16T14:53:00.000-07:002005-04-16T14:53:00.000-07:00That clip's amazing/terrifying! via that site I fo...That clip's amazing/terrifying! <BR/><BR/>via that site I found that Flaming Pear have a free photoshop filter called 'ornament' which allows you to generate a similar panarama from a photo of a christmas tree bauble or whatever other mirrored sphere you can find. I imagine a ball bearing would be good for macro panoramas!<BR/><BR/>download from:<BR/>http://www.flamingpear.com/goodies.html<BR/><BR/>I'll have to see if it'll work on in After Effects... otherwise an image sequence batch converted in Photoshop will do the job I suppose.cemenTIMentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579820272719763038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1113683897266963362005-04-16T13:38:00.000-07:002005-04-16T13:38:00.000-07:00I think that's what it would be like to be psychic...I think that's what it would be like to be psychic.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.com