Most people have probability seen this XKCD comic about using live streaming cameras and a simple VR headset to change your perspective. What if instead of goal posts you steamed video from two quadcopters? The pose of the quad copters could be proportional to the pose of a VR headset. Obviously there would be some serious issues with noise and vibration I think a combination of mechanical stabilization and active "cropping" of a wide angle image might work. You could superman or a giant and look all around!
What do you think? Possible? Impossible? Possible but so much more work than it would be worth? Totally awesome?
>>54990189
getting two quadcopters to stay a consistant distance apart and point at the same target is going to be difficult
if those two elements change too much you're in for a very uncomfortable viewing experience
>>54990147
and the quadcopters drift apart and you go virtually cross-eyed
do your eyes grow further apart and closer together?
the cameras will have to be at a static distance from each other
>>54990214
even if they change just a little bit it will be very uncomfortable
eyes are very good at noticing even the tiniest change in your fov
>>54990214
>>54990225
>>54990501
stick them together with a pole
>>54990147
neat
>>54990753
The most effective and elegant solution is often the simplest
>>54990214
>getting two quadcopters to stay a consistant distance apart and point at the same target is going to be difficult
Sure, but doable today if your a hobbyist with a bit of dough
>>54990753
>>54993525
Also the most retarded. What about the pole weight? Vibrations brought upon by wind? Obstacles?
Why would a physicist have trouble imagining the scale of clouds and stars?
>>54993929
It's one thing to know, it's another thing to experience
>>54994031
Why can't a physicist imagine scale? I mean stars are one thing, but you have plenty of reference to know how massive clouds are.
>>54993654
Let's ditch the quadcopters and attach the wide pole to the ground via a long pole
>>54990147
Decades before Lockheed Marin sunk an industrial scale suction pump into the taxpayer's wallets, a stereoscopic enhancer was tested on an aircraft. A camera on each wing tip was slaved to a helmet display allowing the pilot to visually estimate the distance to targets.
Wing tips vibrate. That was not a problem. Jittery drones should not be a problem with 2016 level tech.
>>54994053
It's one thing to know, it's another thing to experience.
