[NewMusic] Core Sound ambisonic mics

[barry threw]

Oh, yeah.  I've seen that in some CG stuff.  The green dots.

I misunderstood your use case.

I was thinking "digital animation" like a Pixar, where it was all CG,  
and so was wondering why you would be recording anything.

b



On Nov 7, 2007, at 2:37 PM, David Slusser wrote:

> On Nov 7, 2007, at 1:46 PM, barry threw wrote:
>
>>> What's interesting about the Core array is that it's a parallel to
>>> visual "motion capture" in digital animation, where the director
>>> can re-plot all the camera work after a performance has been
>>> recorded by its array of cameras.  The mic system seems like a
>>> great tool, ideal for one time events (no take 2), and will
>>> probably get us to the holo-deck a lot sooner.
>>
>> Can you elaborate on this?  I know < 0 about digital animation, but
>> why would you need to "record" with an array of "cameras"?  I assume
>> its all virtual...like opengl?
>>
>> It's possible to reconstruct different camera angles from recordings
>> with an array of cameras?
>
> "Polar Express" and the new "Beowolf" are examples of this.
> You should Google "Performance Capture" to get better info
> than I can give, but the answer is yes, camera angle can be
> decided later.  I believe what ends up getting recorded, though,
> are just the dots, single points on faces (many) and limbs (few)
> that track the performance to manipulate computer models.
> It's like automated animation, and some segments of the
> industry are offended by it.

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