New video: Camera with a software controlled lens
Added 2024-12-04 14:44:28 +0000 UTCI just wrapped up a project where I build a very strange type of camera. It can only take a photo with one pixel at a time but it can build up complex images by combining a ton of 1 pixel “pictures†that it takes over time. If you’re familiar with software rendering, one way to think about this camera is that it’s a sort of real life ray tracer.
It may sound kind of silly, but taking pictures in this roundabout way enables the camera to do some really interesting things like emulating lenses that would be impractical or even impossible to fabricate. One neat application of this is to make a virtual lens that can see behind objects. I’m really happy with how this one turned out and the results exceeded my expectations.
Thank you so much for your support! It enables me to build things like this which I hope that you (and the world) enjoy. I’ll be having a patron livestream in the coming week or so where I go through the video and share more details that didn’t make the final cut. More on that soon!
-Shane
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Concepts. Its also on windows / android, etc
Shane Wighton
2024-12-06 22:58:29 +0000 UTCWhat is the iPad drawing app used?
Jamey Wyzgowski
2024-12-06 00:59:31 +0000 UTCThis is awesome! I designed camera sensors for a living for about 6 years (space, earth, ir, visible). You could also use this camera to see through mesh objects. Next you need to swap out the diode for MgCdTe, throw on a cryo cooler, get a lense you can pull vacuum on then you can literally see through objects (there's a lot of common materials that are transparent to IR). If you want help let me know!
Richard Wahl
2024-12-05 23:21:40 +0000 UTC
