A Dome Packed With 480 Cameras Captures Detailed 3D Images In Motion

If you ’ve ever watch behind - the - scene footage of a film with extensive visual effect , you ’ve belike seen worker outwear Ping River - niff egg covered move gaining control suits bring digital characters to life . But researchers at Carnegie Mellon havecome up with a better way to capture 3D motionthat can be implemented almost anywhere , even inside an entire stadium , without the need for those awkward suits .

The enigma behind the new system is to practice cameras , lots and lots of photographic camera , to visually track thousand of point and count on their movement over time . The testbed for the fresh trailing system is a two - story geodesic line dome that the researchers filled with 480 cameras across its entire intimate surface that allows the keep company software to track an estimate 100,000 different stage in motion .

The 3D trailing is so accurate that it can really capture the motions of every single particle in a fistful of confetti tossed into the line . But accuracy is only half the benefit of this new scheme . Because it uses off - the - ledge camera engineering , it can be scale up almost indefinitely . So alternatively of just bank on 2D footage for instant replay at a sporting outcome , in the next referees could have access to an clamant 3-D recreation of a touchdown and study it from every slant . [ Carnegie MellonviaGizmag ]