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Seeing Around Corners With Dual Photography

An anonymous reader writes "This project (which is part of this year's SIGGRAPH) has absolutely blown my mind. Basically they photograph an object with the photosensor at one point, and the light projector at another, and use the Helmholtz reciprocity algorithm to virtually switch the locations of the camera and projector, showing exactly what the light source "sees"! If that doesn't make sense to you, check out the research page and make sure to watch the 60MB video at the bottom. The playing card trick will leave you speechless!"

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  1. buh-bye server... by REBloomfield · · Score: 4, Funny
    make sure to watch the 60MB video at the bottom. The playing card trick will leave you speechless!"

    The exploding server one has already rendered me speechless. Why in the name of god do they do it!

    1. Re:buh-bye server... by BRonsk · · Score: 0, Funny

      And now, mirrordot is slashdotted as well... What a pity.

      We need a mirror-mirrordot.org!

    2. Re:buh-bye server... by strider44 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh the serverity!

  2. Why don't they just move the camera? by nmg196 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..it would be much easier.

    1. Re:Why don't they just move the camera? by pdbaby · · Score: 3, Funny

      In soviet russia, "Soviet Russia" forgets YOU!

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    2. Re:Why don't they just move the camera? by porcupine8 · · Score: 2, Funny
      George Orwell my foot.

      Hello, Amazing Magic Cyber Camera!

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  3. Never! by beders · · Score: 4, Funny
    make sure to watch the 60MB video at the bottom

    I find it highly unlikely that many will manage that :0

  4. Quick! by Jozer99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quick, shine a light into your monitor and take a picture. Then use their software to capture an image of their exploding server!

  5. n/t by Dacmot · · Score: 4, Funny
    The playing card trick will leave you speechless!"
    ...
  6. Re:Does it work for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... An invasion of privacy lawsuit?

  7. A totally uninformed post! by Sir_Real · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seeing that R-ing the F-ing A is an impossibility for me right now, due to an inexcuseable lack of .torrent or google cache link, I'll just post some outright fabrications about it's content.

    This technology proves that there was a third gunman on the grassy knoll. This technique is like what they did in the Matrix, except "backwards." With this technology, any man can find the g-spot. When you look at the videos upside down, you can see into the past.

    1. Re:A totally uninformed post! by goneutt · · Score: 5, Funny

      That post is more relevant than the majority

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  8. A Mirror? by Bob(TM) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't it seem a little funny that we need a mirror to get a look at this movie?

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  9. Re:OK, that's just cruel... by goneutt · · Score: 4, Funny

    DARN, /. just hiked Stanford's tuition rates again.

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  10. Re:Why don't the editors link to mirrordot? by Vo0k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because then Mirrordot would mirror Slashdot, including link to mirrordot mirror of slashdot including...
    Kaboom, Slashdot and Mirrordot slashdotted each other!

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  11. Re:Mirrors by Perryman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe we could use that mirror to get a different viewpoint of the article?

  12. Need more coffee by UnknowingFool · · Score: 3, Funny
    Seeing Around Corners With Dual Photography

    Was I the only one that saw that as:
    Seeing Around Corners With Dual Pornography.

    I need more coffee.

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  13. Re:Homebrew solution possible? I own a LCD project by famebait · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could I image my hot neighbour's bedroom and see her make out in her bed from the perspective of her bedroom's ceiling light ? That would be killer ;)

    No, that would be stalker. Still pretty bad, but not quite up to murder.

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  14. Re:Does it work for... by McFadden · · Score: 2, Funny

    > what will the technique generate? Depends whether or not she's wearing panties. But possibly a firm conclusion.

  15. Re:around corners? upskirt? by Herr_Nightingale · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was imagining upskirt cam technology rapidly advancing up until i read your post..

  16. Re:around corners? by nigelc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, they do this every week on ,b>CSI

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  17. Re:Crystal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nonono, you seem to be confused and your memory is failing. Those crystals you remember are from the 70s. You didn't see them in a trade magazine, you ingested them and imagined you could see around corners. And they were called LSD.