Thursday, April 30, 2015
Motion capture on a whole new level
Reuters: Hanbyul Joo is working on his swing. But he's not at a baseball park, instead he's in a massive geodesic dome in the basement of a building at Carnegie Mellon University. As Joo swings, more than 500 cameras capture his motion on video. Combined and processed, those videos make up the elements for the most advanced 3D reconstruction ever achieved.
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This is so cool! I cannot believe that this technology is being created on campus. This project was probably very expensive since there are so many cameras and the technology seems very complicated. The software is so cool that it can capture and recreate the motion in 3D on the computer. It seems very helpful for sports because athletes can record and then watch their action over and over again and find where their problem is so they can try and fix it. I think it is very interesting that it might be able to be used for social science and discovering some diseases earlier on. That could help many people and they could help fix the problem before it gets worse. I am sure this technology will be very limited if it is fully developed, but it is nice to know that it may be possible for some people.
It is pretty cool that so much ground breaking research and technology is coming out of our school. It is also a shame we are so separated from it, but I am sure most people are. I think this technology would be amazing to have access too. As they say, you can use it for sports analysis or, in the grand scheme of things, for things more important like early symptoms of diseases. It could also be a whole new way to make animated films or video games. Instead of wearing the those goofy suits with the ball markers on them to gauge peoples motion, people could just step into this pod. As for sports, it is always helpful to watch videos of you playing to see from the outside what you are doing. I can only imagine watching something as precise and 3D as this would be incredible helpful. My question is if the box is durable to kick a soccer ball at or hit a golf ball because that would be important.
this is very interesting! i love to have this addition on the campus. although this is very cool to those who get to use it i wonder if myself or my friends will. im sure this would be a great way to capture animations for a media piece or a great place to expepriment many things in entertainment. i think rather than being a closed off space for special personel it should be a place where people can discover new things. why do we have all of these cool things on campus if we are not able to be trained to use them or innovate them. we dont even know how much good this thing can do yet. i hope it doesn't just use up air conditioning and stay empty while people use it once a month
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