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Soloshot: Automatically film outdoor activities without a camera operator

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Re: Soloshot: Automatically film outdoor activities without a camera operator

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Post by tripzilch »

cbhl wrote: post #113
arianvanp wrote: post #49

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Why not use bluetooth low-energy for this stuff? Or would you need to have three beacons to triangulate?

1) range 2) clock precision (you can't measure time fast enough to actually measure position using bluetooth)

> clock precision (you can't measure time fast enough to actually measure position using bluetooth)

Interesting, why is that and how fast would that be, then?

Also what's different about triangulating via WiFi APs signals, that bluetooth doesn't work?

Re: Soloshot: Automatically film outdoor activities without a camera operator

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Post by tripzilch »

andrewchambers wrote: post #160
vog wrote: post #75

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To those who downvoted this: Do you care to explain? What's wrong with criticizing overly US-centric business? In the world wide web, being more international should be good for companies as well as customers. Did I miss something?

I'm from a country which uses Kg and meters. I can read the US units no problem.

I like to think I'm pretty good at mental arithmetic. Converting feet (0.3) and inches (2.5) are easy enough to do with good accuracy, but lbs requires multiplying the number by 0.45 in your head. Sure I could do that, but it's hardly what I'd call "read the US units no problem", and definitely not something to expect of your general customer base.

The other option would be to try and get a mental "feel" for the size of a foot, 10 foot, what's 5 lbs of water look like, etc. I did something like that back when we switched from Dutch Guilders to the Euro, cause I knew it was going to stick around, so keeping a conversion in my head was just holding me back.

But with US units, nobody's switching, and further, there's no ubiquity in my IRL day-to-day life of things that are supposed to be exactly 1 lbs, 5 lbs, 1 gallon, 10 foot, etc. to calibrate with. The only time I come into contact with inches is in the abstract space of the Internet, where they mean nothing except a quick mental arithmetic puzzle getting in the way of what I actually want to know.

Re: Soloshot: Automatically film outdoor activities without a camera operator

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Post by tripzilch »

superuser2 wrote: post #143
ctdonath wrote: post #56

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Immediate use: presentations, accurately tracking the speaker without having to hire someone to keep camera on subject the whole time. Even moreso when multiple cameras. Just need one A/V control booth person, much cheaper to buy several of these than hire several cameramen. Think TED Talks, Apple Keynotes, anything fairly big-budget where chasing the random motions of the speaker just doesn't look on par with the mo…

Live production is ALL about reliability. A boring lights-up lights-down corporate show ALWAYS has 2 $100,000 light boards in active/hot standby even though one $50 DMX controller would do. We always opt for wired where possible, even if wireless exists. We are paranoid about secure and safe cable runs. When wireless is necessary, we transmit on multiple frequencies with smart frequency-hopping algorithms so that if…

Ok. Just noting that the product discussed here, doesn't actually fly. It's not a drone.

Re: Soloshot: Automatically film outdoor activities without a camera operator

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Post by dredmorbius »

IanDrake wrote: post #168
dredmorbius wrote: post #164

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Floaties are quite readily available aftermarket. Most boating / marine / rec stores. Or on this newfangled thing called "The Internet" via "electronic commerce": http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=key%20float&i...

I just checked it out! That Internet thing is pretty cool! However, I saw nothing in your hypertext link that would easily attach to the armband and not interfere with my stroke. SoloShot should sell a floaty or provide one of those new-fangled affiliate links I hear the kids talking about these days to a compatible 3rd party floaty.

Surfing, right, we're not talking marathon swimming or similar?

Having stuff dangle off your arm is a PITA, I'll allow. But some way for attaching _something_ buoyant to the strap (not sure what it looks like my apologies), might be possible.

The drink -- she claims many toys....

Re: Soloshot: Automatically film outdoor activities without a camera operator

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Post by IanDrake »

dredmorbius wrote: post #174
IanDrake wrote: post #168

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I just checked it out! That Internet thing is pretty cool! However, I saw nothing in your hypertext link that would easily attach to the armband and not interfere with my stroke. SoloShot should sell a floaty or provide one of those new-fangled affiliate links I hear the kids talking about these days to a compatible 3rd party floaty.

Surfing, right, we're not talking marathon swimming or similar? Having stuff dangle off your arm is a PITA, I'll allow. But some way for attaching _something_ buoyant to the strap (not sure what it looks like my apologies), might be possible. The drink -- she claims many toys....

Indeed. Ended up putting a button whole in the arm band and putting a button on my wetsuit.
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