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Insta360 ONE bullet time in 3D (stereoscopic)

The monoscopic bullet time video created by the Insta360 ONE camera can easily be converted to a 3D video by showing it separately to each eye with a time offset (1 frame).

Video

September 14, 2017

Bullet time photogrammetry, with Insta360 ONE and Pix4D

I twirled an Insta360 ONE camera above my head using its “Bullet Time” feature, and shoved the resulting images into Pix4D to create a 3D model. Wanna play with it? The model wasn’t fantastic to begin with, and it looks even worse in Sketchfab:

Photogrammetry

September 14, 2017

360 camera comparison, September 2017

360 video comparison from 11 360 cameras in September, 2017

VR VR Production

September 12, 2017

Mac-like screen captures in Windows: Snagit

To emulate Mac-like screen captures, you can use the $49.95 Windows utility called Snagit, by TechSmith. You can configure presets to be triggered by Alt+Shift+3 and Alt-Shift+4 to do the same things they do in OS X.

Mac to Windows Productivity

September 10, 2017

Insta360 ONE’s “Freecapture”: re-framing 360 videos as traditional videos

I posted a video of my son the other day, and I was able to both shoot and participate in the video. I shot the video using an Insta360 ONE 360 camera on a light stand and "re-shot" the video as traditional video using Insta360's "FreeCapture" feature in the iOS app.

Video

September 10, 2017

Epic footage of 700 sharks feeding at night at Fakarava, French Polynesia

This half-hour documentary about the Gombessa IV expedition to Fakarava is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. It features what is likely the most exciting hunting-shark video ever captured, and also will give you a glimpse into the sort of dedication that is required to get it. I watched it by playing it on my iPhone and using AirPlay to mirror to ...

Diving Sharks

July 9, 2017