360-Degree Video Recording and Display Pod
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video recording and display systems using a single camera provide a limited viewing experience, as they restrict the user's ability to see beyond a single screen, failing to offer a comprehensive 360-degree view.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising multiple horizontally aligned cameras and an additional camera positioned above or below to capture a 360-degree view, combined with projectors to display images on a viewing pod that provides a seamless 360-degree viewing environment, allowing users to experience events as if they were present.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single camera is used to record video, then the device complexity is low, but the viewing angle and immersive experience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system is divided into multiple individual cameras arranged in a specific configuration. Multiple cameras capture different angular perspectives simultaneously, which are then stitched together to create a comprehensive 360-degree view, resolving the contradiction between limited viewing angle and system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The camera arrangement transitions from a single-point perspective to a multi-dimensional spatial configuration. Cameras are positioned at different locations and angles around the scene, capturing images from multiple dimensions that are later integrated to provide complete spherical coverage
2Adaptability or versatility
If a single screen is used for display, then the device complexity is low, but the immersive viewing experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into multiple projection surfaces including side walls, top, and bottom surfaces. Each projector displays a specific portion of the captured imagery onto its corresponding surface, collectively creating an immersive 360-degree viewing environment that resolves the contradiction between viewing experience and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from a two-dimensional flat screen to a three-dimensional multi-surface projection system. By utilizing vertical and overhead surfaces in addition to horizontal surfaces, the system creates a volumetric viewing environment that surrounds the audience, providing immersive 360-degree coverage
Data Source
AI summary
A system for recording video comprising a plurality of cameras aligned in a substantially horizontal plane and adapted to capture images in substantially a three-hundred-sixty degree viewing angle; and a first additional camera adapted to capture images at the same time as the plurality of cameras adapted to capture images in the substantially three-hundred-sixty degree view, wherein the first additional camera is adapted to capture images in a direction above or below the horizontal plane. A system for displaying video comprising a side viewing area that provides substantially a three-hundred-sixty degree viewing area and forms at least part of a viewing pod; and at least one of atop viewing area and a bottom viewing area that forms a least a part of the viewing pod.