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**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:28 am Post subject: CRT to the next level....

OK, I'm back from vacation. 8959 Km (5530 miles) in 13 days. Saw too much, stayed too little. Mr. Green

So as I'm driving through Yellowstone, through all the parts I didn't see last year (and still have lots to go see there), I thought of this idea, and I figured someone with enough $$ could do this. I saw incredible amounts of wildlife and scenery, so I came up with this:

Mount a 4 head/lens, 360 degree motion stabilized HD camera (s) on the roof of a car. Have each camera pick up exactly 90 degrees of viewing angle. Simultaneous pan/tilt and zoom would be optional. Record to battery powered synchronized hard drives.

At the playback end, have 4 CRT projectors shoot a 360 degree pix 'in the round', with the seating area in the middle. Do some edge blending so the seams aren't seen. Curve the screens so they mate up exactly.

That way, you can have a theater in the round so to speak.

Now, if 360 degrees can't be done with 4 cameras, how about 240 degrees, or something so that the front screen completely fills your field of vision.

Have at it, let me know when it's done.

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drice1234 · Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1309 Location: Allen, Texas

Attached is the solution for the camera part. All you have to do is take care of the mounting and playback. If you have ever been to Epcot they have this 360 degree theater in Canada, China and the Noreigan areas.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:10 am Post subject: Re: CRT to the next level....

jarseneau · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 323 Location: WI

I love this idea. But wouldn't it be even better with 4 x 3-D cameras? Smile

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:53 am Post subject:

No, because I can't process 3D, therefore I don't care. Smile

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

Sounds like a good idea. It would probably look really good on outdoor scenes like a national park.

I don't really care about 3D either. It looks like 2D/3D debate his mirrored the CRT/digital debate from the early 2000s. Get back to me in five years and I may be ready for 3D.