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Winter Wonderland (not really!)
Posted on Dec 21, 2008 - 3:55 PM ESTIf you’re reading this post from North America, you, like most of us, are probably stuck indoors cursing at the insane snow storms. I’m writing this post from Vancouver BC, 15 hours from take off. In 15 hours, I’m scheduled to be on a flight to Montreal. Only problem is that the pacific northwest is blanketed by a severe and rare snow storm and Montreal, as always, is experiencing their own version of orage de neige. I just checked the Montreal Airport arrivals/departures and every single flight in and out is either delayed on cancelled. I’ve got a connecting flight from Montreal to Saint John that I got to catch later the day, so as you can imagine, not looking forward to it at all.
The good news to all this is that I get some rare snow photography practice. I’ve been waiting for a good snow day - and now that it has arrived, check out some of my latest pics over at my Flickr page.
Toshiba’s Timesculpture
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 - 10:28 PM ESTCheck out this awesome new work by Hungry Man for Toshiba’s Upscaling Technology.
If you’re impressed, then you’ll really be impressed with these facts:
- The TV ad was shot using 200 Toshiba Gigashot Cameras: the highest number of moving image cameras ever used in a film sequence
- This particular technique, viewing looping action in 360 degrees, has never been done before
- The rig was custom built weighing approximately half a tonne, including 200 cameras and electronics
- The rig measures 14m diameter circle and 1.8m high
- The 200 cameras were all triggered using a single remote control
- Once the rig was built, four focus pullers spent three days focusing and aligning all 200 cameras
- The time spent processing footage from 200 cameras was over four weeks - 24 hours a day seven days a week!
- New offline and online editing software had to be specifically built for the job
- In terms of data, this is one of the biggest jobs a post-production house has ever taken on - 20TB of data
And here’s a really cool behind the scenes video on how they put it all together:
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About Adarsh Pallian
Adarsh Pallian is a serial entrepreneur with over ten years of experience as a software developer, designer and a startup advisor. He has been quoted on Techcrunch, Mashable, The Huffington Post, The Financial Post, Fast Company and recently on Canadian national TV CBC. Get in touch here.