Omni-focus video camera (Look!)

Shiggity · May 5, 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100504173823.htm

University of Toronto, a world-leading research university, announces a breakthrough development in video camera design. The Omni-focus Video Camera, based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, delivers automatic real-time focus of both near and far field images, simultaneously, in high resolution. This unprecedented capability can be broadly applied in industry, including manufacturing, medicine, defense, security -- and for the consumer market.

Microscopes, Telescopes, TV cameras, Movie cameras, want!

Kowalski3500 · May 9, 2010

Wouldn't that kinda cause issues with depth perception in photography and other applications? If the device capturing the image isn't stereoscopic, wouldn't all sense of depth be lost to the loss of focus-fuzz (I'm no photographer, don't know what that term is

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What are the implications of this technology? I'm interested in learning what the uses would be.

nightelph · May 10, 2010

Thats hella cool. Theres plenty of applications where you want multiple objects in focus.

petteyg359 · May 10, 2010

Kowalski3500 said:
Wouldn't that kinda cause issues with depth perception in photography and other applications? If the device capturing the image isn't stereoscopic, wouldn't all sense of depth be lost to the loss of focus-fuzz (I'm no photographer, don't know what that term is )

What are the implications of this technology? I'm interested in learning what the uses would be.

nightelph said:
Thats hella cool. Theres plenty of applications where you want multiple objects in focus.

Multiple objects in focus is great, but when you have no clue how far apart they are...

jediman · May 10, 2010

fyi this will likely correct half the problems with headache in 3d movies.

petteyg359 · May 10, 2010

jediman said:
fyi this will likely correct half the problems with headache in 3d movies.

Where'd you get that idea? This isn't 3D.

Bobnova · May 10, 2010

A "3d camera" is two cameras in one housing, generally speaking.
Hence you can slap two of these in a box and it's a 3d camera.

tinymouse2 · May 10, 2010

Man! I can't wait for this!
Been VERY annoying having the focus problem.

jediman · May 10, 2010

i got that idea from being a genius and correct

jediman · May 12, 2010

actually this gave me an idea so good i can't even post it here

technically its even better than this version of the omni-camera

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