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Raspberry Pi Bullet Time Rig: Frozen Pi
The folks at PiFace – makers of hardware interfaces for the Raspberry Pi – wanted to make a camera rig that could create the bullet time effect popularized by The Matrix, but they didn’t want to spend thousands of dollars on cameras. Naturally their first instinct was to see if they could use the Raspberry Pi to make a cheaper alternative. To their surprise, their idea worked!
PiFace calls its rig the Frozen Raspberry Pi or Frozen Pi. It consists of 48 Raspberry Pis each with a Raspberry Pi Camera and a PiFace Control and Display interface, all mounted on a laser-cut wood frame. The computers are networked via Ethernet so they can be simultaneously triggered remotely and so that the pictures they take can be sent to a single computer. PiFace wrote a Python script to collect the pictures and arrange them in order. Skip to around 2:17 in the video below to see the rig in action and people in inaction.
Slow down time and head to the PiFace blog to find out more about how they made the Frozen Pi.
[via MAKE]
Bullet Time Replays Make Their Way to Sports Television
Bullet time is the special and visual effect that made The Matrix and Max Payne so great. Thanks to modern …Max Payne 3 Bullet Time Preview Looks Awesome
We’ve been waiting patiently for the third game in the Max Payne series, and if this recently released Bullet Time demo video is anything to go by, it will be worth the wait.
It not only looks awesome, it appears to be even bloodier this time around and the effects are better. Slow-motion Bullet Time is always instantly satisfying when you are playing a game. Well, if it is done right. In Max Payne 3, you are in control as bullets fly by within an inch of your head and your opponents have no idea that you can bend time. Bullet time will also replenish based on multiple factors such as risk, skill and shot precision. Opponents not only will move in slow-motion during Bullet Time fire, but you can see detailed injury reactions as you precisely aim for your victims.
This game looks like it should be a lot of fun when it arrives on May 15th. I can’t wait to check it out.
[via Uberreview]