Insect-like Compound Camera for All Sky

[theropod]

Idea:

Use a multi faceted dome-like structure with dozens of iPhone type cameras overlapping each other’s field of view to capture an all-sky panoramic effect. Feed these images into a powerful system that would automatically stitch the individual images into a projectable planetarium-like view, or VR feed. This multiple camera approach could provide higher resolution capture than using single wide angle lenses and delicate exposure balances.

 

[Gina]

Too complicated!  IMO

[theropod]

Yes, and when a triplet f3 was suggested...

I don’t think doing this would be so much complicated, as expensive. Integration of the images is done now with panoramic shots standard to iPhones. Once the data was created images could be projected anywhere that had a large enough data pipe. Really good all sky captures could allow any of us to sleep under the Atacama sky, live, in our our bedrooms.

Technology is probably in the works by someone with coins to spend to do this very thing right now, if it hasn’t already been brought to fruition.