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Comment Re:God. Damnnit. (Score 5, Insightful) 328

Who here is old enough to remember the Columbia House Record Club? I figure they'll wait until 2017 to roll this out.

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Comment Re: Farmville! (Score 1) 535

"The events that you're watching are actually happening, because you're viewing a 3D feed of the Superbowl from a 3D camera set up on the 50 yard line."

That's one camera at one location. I never suggested it would have to capture "every possible viewpoint for every user".

Granted, this would require a new type of camera that would actually be spherical, so it could capture all the light coming at it from all directions (minus a small blind spot.) However, I think cameras like this already exist, similar to what's used for collecting Google Maps views.

I would expect about 5 different viewpoints would be sufficient. One on each side of the 50 yard line, one on each end zone, and one aerial view. This would vary based on the type of event.

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