mirrorball experiment
September 8th, 2007 by Adam
Tim and i experimented with mounting a chrome / mirror ball to a video camera.
We were thinking about if it would be possible to use the image as some sort of reflection to map to a car’s reflection in 2D.
Anyway, its all low res, but pretty interesting to look at.
The element shot:
Then after a polar to rectangular conversion:
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Yeah I’ve seen that technique heaps in the mags and Nimmo is always talkin’ about it. Would like to see how you would use it on a car or something else just as reflective like you said.
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