Surround Video! Yes! SURROUND VIDEO!
Post categories: Production, Prototyping, Quentin Cooper, interview, media, video
| 12:00 UK time, Sunday, 21 February 2010
In today's short film, shot at Kingswood Warren last year, Quentin Cooper is introduced to the astonishing technology of surround video. Graham Thomas explains how in a short 'rapid prototyping' development period a small team of R&D engineers and scientists built this working demonstration of a potentially revolutionary new form of video recording and viewing.
With a mix of high tech broadcast equipment and some decidedly more 'down to earth' materials, the team have built a demonstrator that could make a profound impact on the future of what we watch. Possibly. We hope.
We'll be taking a demo of this technology to Maker Faire in Newcastle in a month or so- do swing by if you're around.
With a mix of high tech broadcast equipment and some decidedly more 'down to earth' materials, the team have built a demonstrator that could make a profound impact on the future of what we watch. Possibly. We hope.
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We'll be taking a demo of this technology to Maker Faire in Newcastle in a month or so- do swing by if you're around.
Comment number 1.
At 13:46 21st Feb 2010, dukeofearl wrote:So where's the short film....
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Comment number 2.
At 15:42 21st Feb 2010, Ant Miller wrote:Ah, yes, mea culpa. That'll serve me right for setting entries to publish automatically without checking at launch. Video is now correctly embedded- thanks to everyone who pointed this out.
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At 05:48 27th Feb 2010, HD wrote:I think surround video would be even better with some sort of OLED or FOLED screens, each >=full 1080p60, in 180 or 360 degrees or a half-cube and maybe in 3D.
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At 17:50 11th Mar 2010, citizenloz wrote:Would this work with 3D televisions now appearing?
I guess so, in that the central focus on the TV being in 3D doesn't really change the surronding picture still being in 2D
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At 00:49 26th Jan 2011, BristolChris wrote:Whoever thought this up is incredibly innovative, and the relatively cheap method of trying it out is also impressive. You did patent it didn't you?
It would work even better if there was a gentle merge between the detailed picture and the surround picture - obviously that would be a major undertaking. Oh - and the detailed picture could be in 3D.......!
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