GUEST SPEAKER: Srinivasa Narasimhan “Taming the Complexity of Light Transport”

RIM@GT Special Seminar Taming the Complexity of Light Transport Srinivasa Narasimhan  Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~srinivas/  Date: April 2, 2012 (Monday) Time: 4:30pm Location: Klaus 2456 Abstract: Underlying most of computer vision research is a model of how light interacts with a scene and then reaches a camera to form images. Light propagates [...]

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Microsoft Research Cliplets

Microsoft Research Cliplets. What Are Cliplets? A still photograph is a limited format for capturing a moment in time. Video is the traditional method for recording durations of time, but the subjective “moment” that one desires to capture is often lost in the chaos of shaky camerawork, irrelevant background clutter, and noise that dominates most [...]

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The Faux-Vintage Photo: Full Essay Parts I, II and III » Cyborgology

I am working on a dissertation about self-documentation and social media and have decided to take on theorizing the rise of faux-vintage photography e.g., Hipstamatic, Instagram. From May 10-12, 2011, I posted a three part essay. This post combines all three together. Part I: Instagram and HipstamaticPart II: Grasping for AuthenticityPart III: Nostalgia for the [...]

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Lytro A plenoptic Camera on the market

Lytro lets you take pictures like never before. Unlike a conventional camera that captures a single plane of light, the Lytro camera captures the entire light field, which is all the light traveling in every direction in every point in space. via Lytro.

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The First Plenoptic Camera on the Market

It looks like the wait for plenoptic cameras to hit the market is shorter than we thought when we reported earlier today on Adobe’s interesting demonstration on the technology. In fact, there is no wait — you can already purchase a plenoptic camera. German company Raytrix is the first to offer plenoptic cameras that allow [...]

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BigShot Kit Camera, Like Crack for Kids | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

The BigShot, still in testing, is a super-simple digicam from the Computer Vision Lab at Columbia University. It comes in parts, ready to be assembled (by kids, but I can’t wait to get my hands on one), and teaches you along the way how these things work. It’s not quite the transparent view you get [...]

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Computational Photography May Help Us See Around Corners – NYTimes.com

That’s not true. In most cameras, lenses still form the basic image. Computers have only a toehold, controlling megapixel detectors and features like the shutter. But in research labs, the new discipline of computational photography is gaining ground, taking over jobs that were once the province of lenses. via Computational Photography May Help Us See [...]

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The Space Beyond Me on Vimeo

This video is showing the work “The Space Beyond Me” by Julius von Bismarck at Transmediale 2010. the video is shot by Andreas Schmelas and Julius von Bismarck and edited by Julius von Bismarck. The sound is the original sound in the exhibition space, so it is effected by other pieces in the exhibition. more information at: JuliusVonBismarck.com [...]

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Fulgurator-tech : Julius von Bismarck

Fulgurator-tech : Julius von Bismarck. Technically, the Image Fulgurator works like a classical camera, though in reverse. In a normal camera, the light reflected from an object is projected via the lens onto the film. In the Image Fulgurator, this process is exactly the opposite: instead of an unexposed film, an exposed and developed roll [...]

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Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second – YouTube

MIT Media Lab researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion frames per second. That’s fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light traveling through objects. Video: Melanie Gonick. via Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second – [...]

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