Insta360’s One X2 includes a touchscreen to make panoramic captures easier

Following the modular One R action cam from January, Insta360 is finally refreshing its two-year-old One X line for those who want similar image improvements but in a simpler setup. The aptly named One X2 is essentially the 360-edition One R repackag...

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!

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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]

 

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.

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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]