3D Photography may be reality in immediate future
Due Credit:
Adobe, Audioblog,
Photography is amazing. It is as close to capturing time as man has ever been. Since videos are a series of still photos run by in a quick sequence, it all boils down to imaging. Recent technology demonstrations from Adobe will take this concept of time capturing to another height.
When you take a photograph, you are essentially capturing a moment in time. But the issue with that mode of capture is that your position or point of view at that moment gets fixed. This essentially implies that you are limited to only the possibilities that can be perceived from your view, which needless to say does not necessarily capture every element of that moment that you have tried to freeze frame.
The Technology
Lets face it. This technology is revolutionary and will be some time before it comes. Essentially, Dave Story, VP of Digital Imaging at Adobe showed off a whole lens piece that was created by one of its engineers for the moment capture that we are talking about.
Not to get you lost in technical jargon but to put it precise in the words of John Nack,
Adobe research scientist Todor Georgiev* has been working on algorithms for use with a plenoptic camera & was motivated to build his own lenticular lens array.
There is a video of the whole presentation at this audioblog which is a must watch for those who have to see and feel the real implications of this technology.
The future
Ever wanted to be there and relive some perfect times with your family or friends, enjoying around a campfire. The pictures do a great job of reminding about those days but are you able to really relive them? The technology demonstrated by Adobe makes it possible to alter the position of view around the objects of the image. Which means, you can take a picture and then view the contents in the image from multiple points.
Now mix that up with video and you get a digital video recorder that is must have for all seasons. Combine them with the nifty features that you have with virtual world APIs and viola, you are able to walk and navigate the sandy beaches and literally relive the whole moment that you captured way back.
There was once this concept floated by Microsoft of the technological capability to capture and store all your digital information so that you maintain a sort of digital archive that accounts for your whole life. Adobe's product could well be the same applied to every moment of your life.
And the result of this true 3D model capture means that we save our surroundings for later regeneration. Perhaps as close as we get to time travel.
Stay tuned to these pages for more information on technology grounded in reality and ready to take off.
When you take a photograph, you are essentially capturing a moment in time. But the issue with that mode of capture is that your position or point of view at that moment gets fixed. This essentially implies that you are limited to only the possibilities that can be perceived from your view, which needless to say does not necessarily capture every element of that moment that you have tried to freeze frame.
The Technology
Lets face it. This technology is revolutionary and will be some time before it comes. Essentially, Dave Story, VP of Digital Imaging at Adobe showed off a whole lens piece that was created by one of its engineers for the moment capture that we are talking about.
Not to get you lost in technical jargon but to put it precise in the words of John Nack,
Adobe research scientist Todor Georgiev* has been working on algorithms for use with a plenoptic camera & was motivated to build his own lenticular lens array.
There is a video of the whole presentation at this audioblog which is a must watch for those who have to see and feel the real implications of this technology.
The future
Ever wanted to be there and relive some perfect times with your family or friends, enjoying around a campfire. The pictures do a great job of reminding about those days but are you able to really relive them? The technology demonstrated by Adobe makes it possible to alter the position of view around the objects of the image. Which means, you can take a picture and then view the contents in the image from multiple points.
Now mix that up with video and you get a digital video recorder that is must have for all seasons. Combine them with the nifty features that you have with virtual world APIs and viola, you are able to walk and navigate the sandy beaches and literally relive the whole moment that you captured way back.
There was once this concept floated by Microsoft of the technological capability to capture and store all your digital information so that you maintain a sort of digital archive that accounts for your whole life. Adobe's product could well be the same applied to every moment of your life.
And the result of this true 3D model capture means that we save our surroundings for later regeneration. Perhaps as close as we get to time travel.
Stay tuned to these pages for more information on technology grounded in reality and ready to take off.
