http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/ Engadget Comments for Fujitsu development enables real-time wraparound vehicle view http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/But the good news, this morning I woke up without even a scratch :D]]>Nov 17th 2008 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/1. take pictures
2. stich them together
3 project them on the sphere, 3d car in the center
4. position camera anywhere within sphere needed
5. render image.

You'll get ugly wherever the spheres surface drops 90 degrees down right infront of you but other then tat it works beautifully. Kind of neat.]]>Nov 17th 2008 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/
But note you cannot project the images from a point of view other than where they were taken or it won't look anywhere near right. For example, you take a picture of the person behind you, you see the side of them facing the car, then you try to map an image that shows the view from behind the car, but in that picture the side of the person facing away from the car would be visible. And without any Star Trek cameras you don't have that data.

So like I said...]]>Nov 17th 2008 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/
Seems to work just fine...]]>Nov 17th 2008 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/29/infinitis-around-view-monitor-is-watching/]]>Nov 17th 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/27/the-nissan-over-head-view-eliminates-blind-spots/ ), possibly with Fujitsu? Who knows. Note that this older story only has an illustrated mockup, but I distinctly remember seeing an article with actual stitched-together HUD images. Do any of you other older Engadgeteers remember seeing that article? Can you track it down? Ta!]]>Nov 17th 2008 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/
My eyes are locked and fixed!!!

giggidy!]]>Nov 17th 2008 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/High Ranked!?
Hell froze!?
Pigs flying!?]]>Nov 17th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Could of sworn it read:
"You don't need a sophisticated iSight camera system to keep track of a 5'9" mac mini kit and still carry a pink iPod..."

I haz been conditioned.
]]>Nov 17th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/
I think not. :(]]>Nov 17th 2008 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/otherwise, interesting article]]>Nov 17th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/Nov 17th 2008 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/17/fujitsu-development-enables-real-time-wraparound-vehicle-view/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amWJ32tB_D4

Fujitsu Innovation]]>Nov 17th 2008 11:20PM