This Isn’t a Jellyfish, It’s a 3D Camera Fabricated from 100 Small Lenses [Video]

We all learn about surround sound, but surround sight? I guess this camera-with 100 small cameras dotted around its sphere-is the all-seeing example, ready to see all 360-degrees in 3D.

According to its creators at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, the camera was modeled after a fly’s eye-which you will remember from school is in a position to work out in all possible directions. When connected to a computer, the photographs from all 100 cameras are combined for the last word 3D movie.

As for what it’ll be used for, well, EPFL has many ideas but teleconferencing and picture-making are two worthy candidates to this point. [ EPFL via GearLog ]

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