Re: 360 degree video real time... interested?

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll give it a shot.

From:z
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> to All:
> Any other thoughts on marketing patent legal issues is still welcome.
> Thanks again, to all who contribute.
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> Anyhow I am hoping to do a short production run in a few months;
> does anybody want to play price is right?
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> re:  lazy susan mirror - roller coaster
> We got home gizmo geeks here huh!
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> IPIX and others "flat warp" the edges of their single frame images to
> re-establish the foward flat perspective view.everyone is naturally
> use to, because of the OEM gear in our heads.
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> If you look at my ftp images [3rd thread] you can make out that some
> of the walls bend away like warped space.
> There is a spherical abberation, depending on the latitude and
> longitude, hence the need for parabolic remapping of the image unto
> the camera "retina". A facinating read for those tired of the latest
> TV lineup. http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/projects/omniviews/
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> "Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
> news:426c56f2.131747843@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:35:32 -0400, "z" <rmwbsee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>>> Seriously well informed responses.
>>> Thank You Very Much.
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>>> I'll byte the bit and ask Stefan Gatcher UV Prague what he knows
>>> about the patents etc.
>>> He has ieee documented extensively. I've see some mirrors made at
>>> Neovision.com are relate to UVP.
>>> I am thinking there are / or could be some math differences in how I
>>> unwrap
>>> the reflected image.
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>>> Can I dispute a patent encompassment by sighting old Cartography art
>>> practice method?
>>> Otherwise could my peanut company just claim bankruptcy and move on?
>>> I feel I can't bare any of this legal foder...the money or the time.
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>> I made a gizmo out of a WalMart plastic lazy suzan with a mirror
>> mounted on it at a 45 deg angle. Had a webcam looking straight up
>> at the angled mirror through a hole in the middle of the lazy
>> susan. Worked pretty good except that the image did a barrel roll
>> as it was rotated. But good fun for an internet web cam. I've
>> seen other optics that had a cam look straight up at a properly
>> shaped mirror surface for a 360 deg view, but the view was also
>> like doing a loop on a roller coaster.