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Watch This Amazing, 360-Degree On-Board Video of Red Bull's F1 Racer | Autopia | Wired.com

While immersive panoramic photos aren't anything new, a 360-degree video that's controlled through your mouse and keyboard is.
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Truly amazing, I need to know how they do that
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Bruv;1409431 wrote: Truly amazing, I need to know how they do that


At a guess, somewhere around a million quid would get you the kit to do it.

Fun watching the lap from above the car
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Bryn Mawr;1409441 wrote: At a guess, somewhere around a million quid would get you the kit to do it.

Fun watching the lap from above the car


More than how much it costs, just knowing what's involved in a scene that can be from any angle I choose.

The technique that allows that to happen......fascinating.
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Bruv;1409447 wrote: More than how much it costs, just knowing what's involved in a scene that can be from any angle I choose.

The technique that allows that to happen......fascinating.


Multiple high definition cameras with overlapping fields of view and the software to stitch the images together in, what appears to be, a two dimensional array (notice the distortion when you move away from the horizontal). Then the player with the controls to select the area of that array to display.
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Bryn Mawr;1409472 wrote: Multiple high definition cameras with overlapping fields of view and the software to stitch the images together in, what appears to be, a two dimensional array (notice the distortion when you move away from the horizontal). Then the player with the controls to select the area of that array to display.


As easy as that then?
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Bruv;1409493 wrote: As easy as that then?


If I could write the software I'd be a millionaire already :-)
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