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Old August 24th 04, 04:18 AM
Leo
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Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html
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Old August 25th 04, 09:09 PM
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Leo wrote:
Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping images
and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free stitching
programs out there?

I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as well,
but then again you get the distortion where the images are joined anyway...


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Old August 25th 04, 09:09 PM
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Leo wrote:
Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping images
and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free stitching
programs out there?

I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as well,
but then again you get the distortion where the images are joined anyway...


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Old August 25th 04, 09:51 PM
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Glen A Stromquist writes:

Leo wrote:
Thought this might be of interest. Pretty cool way to create 360
degree images.
http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping
images and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free
stitching programs out there?


Kinda hard to do with video, or with still photography of anything
that moves.

I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as
well, but then again you get the distortion where the images are
joined anyway...


Well, it should be possible to resample everything to get the geometry
fixed up, but the resolution will be that of a single image. Less, in
fact, and it will vary across the image.

There are uses for this device, and uses for stitched panoramas.

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Old August 25th 04, 09:51 PM
Stephen H. Westin
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Glen A Stromquist writes:

Leo wrote:
Thought this might be of interest. Pretty cool way to create 360
degree images.
http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping
images and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free
stitching programs out there?


Kinda hard to do with video, or with still photography of anything
that moves.

I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as
well, but then again you get the distortion where the images are
joined anyway...


Well, it should be possible to resample everything to get the geometry
fixed up, but the resolution will be that of a single image. Less, in
fact, and it will vary across the image.

There are uses for this device, and uses for stitched panoramas.

--
-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.
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Old August 26th 04, 08:41 AM
Gordon Moat
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Glen A Stromquist wrote:

Leo wrote:
Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping images
and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free stitching
programs out there?


I agree with you on that. I recently got ArcSoft Panorama Maker 3 for under
$20, and it does this very easily.



I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as well,
but then again you get the distortion where the images are joined anyway...


Also, the resolution of a single image will be much less than having several
frames to stitch together. I wonder if they sell many of these. The only thing
more expensive is a Seitz Roundshot.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated!

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Old August 26th 04, 08:41 AM
Gordon Moat
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Glen A Stromquist wrote:

Leo wrote:
Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping images
and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free stitching
programs out there?


I agree with you on that. I recently got ArcSoft Panorama Maker 3 for under
$20, and it does this very easily.



I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as well,
but then again you get the distortion where the images are joined anyway...


Also, the resolution of a single image will be much less than having several
frames to stitch together. I wonder if they sell many of these. The only thing
more expensive is a Seitz Roundshot.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated!

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Old August 26th 04, 03:32 PM
Glen A Stromquist
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Gordon Moat wrote:
Glen A Stromquist wrote:


Leo wrote:

Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping images
and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free stitching
programs out there?



I agree with you on that. I recently got ArcSoft Panorama Maker 3 for under
$20, and it does this very easily.



I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as well,
but then again you get the distortion where the images are joined anyway...



Also, the resolution of a single image will be much less than having several
frames to stitch together. I wonder if they sell many of these. The only thing
more expensive is a Seitz Roundshot.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated!


I guess it all depends on what you want to do, someone mentioned video
but I didnt see any mention of that on the page, but perhaps I wasnt
looking close enough...

In the little image stitching I have done I found there was distortion
of sorts at the seams when doing pano's of close objects, like a room or
a deck, but for a 360 shot of my yard for example, there was none that
was noticeable. In fact with the stiching method a guy can have some
fun, in one experiment I had my daughters stand in each frame and wave
at the camera, when running the image thru a program like pano2exe it
was kinda cool, aka cheep special effects! I also thought about having a
4 frame 360 pano of my home & yard, one frame in each season, but so
far havent had the patience to get it started....

cheers
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Old August 26th 04, 03:32 PM
Glen A Stromquist
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Gordon Moat wrote:
Glen A Stromquist wrote:


Leo wrote:

Thought this might be of interest.

Pretty cool way to create 360 degree images.

http://www.360imagetech.com/how_it_works.html


Pretty cool, but wouldnt it be a lot cheaper to take overlapping images
and stich them together with one of the many cheap/free stitching
programs out there?



I agree with you on that. I recently got ArcSoft Panorama Maker 3 for under
$20, and it does this very easily.



I would also think there'd be less of the wide-angle distortion as well,
but then again you get the distortion where the images are joined anyway...



Also, the resolution of a single image will be much less than having several
frames to stitch together. I wonder if they sell many of these. The only thing
more expensive is a Seitz Roundshot.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com/gallery.html Updated!


I guess it all depends on what you want to do, someone mentioned video
but I didnt see any mention of that on the page, but perhaps I wasnt
looking close enough...

In the little image stitching I have done I found there was distortion
of sorts at the seams when doing pano's of close objects, like a room or
a deck, but for a 360 shot of my yard for example, there was none that
was noticeable. In fact with the stiching method a guy can have some
fun, in one experiment I had my daughters stand in each frame and wave
at the camera, when running the image thru a program like pano2exe it
was kinda cool, aka cheep special effects! I also thought about having a
4 frame 360 pano of my home & yard, one frame in each season, but so
far havent had the patience to get it started....

cheers
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Old August 26th 04, 06:30 PM
Stephen H. Westin
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Gordon Moat writes:

snip

Also, the resolution of a single image will be much less than having
several frames to stitch together. I wonder if they sell many of
these. The only thing more expensive is a Seitz Roundshot.


Nah...

http://www.spheron.com/products/PanoCam/specs.html

About $63K, last I heard. 5300 x 11000 digital output.

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