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3-D Surveillance Technology

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-choose-the-3d-pill dept.

scubacuda writes "According to this Technology Review article, a new surveillance technology called Video Flashlight melds 3-D models from background scenes. This "tweening process" allows security persononnel to fly around a subject such as a pedestrian, getting a detailed look without jumping between widely separated views." That's just flat out cool.

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  1. This is reminiscent of Chen and Williams work by Thagg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Check out this paper by Chen and Williams. In this work done back at Apple in '93 they describe how to create intermediate camera angles from multiple static images.

    Of course, the capacity to fly around the scene in real time had to wait until computers got a lot faster.

    thad

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