Compound EYE
Compound EYE is a group of networked cameras, working together as a one. When one of them is clicked, all of them click at the same time, capturing that moment from multiple viewpoints. It is an easy tool for fun and experimental photography, for anyone who is eager to experiment, play and have fun with cameras and photography. This project is part of Tangible User Interface class at Pilot Year, CIID.
Taking photographs is fun and exciting for everyone, from kids to professionals. But to experiment and play with photography always becomes complicated, expensive and technically challenged.
Compound EYE offers a very easy, simple and experimental platform for playing with series of cameras, just like single click LOMO cameras. It works like many eyes working at the same time, freezing the moment. You can use as many camera modules as you want, arrange them the way you like, synchronise and time them and get quick results. Compound EYE can be used for quick panoramic photos, time-lapse photos, grid and pixel photos, or for capturing events from various angels.
Compound EYE is inspired by insect behavior, just like bees or ants - each one works individually but at the same time they are part of a bigger group. It is built with small cameras, a wireless network, a simple click button and settings for timing them. Each camera sends a signal to all others to click at the same time and sends images to the server where they are processed. Each camera can be given an identity and specified delay time for a more experimental effect.
Faculty: Heather Martin, Durrell Bishop, David A. Mellis, Vinay Venkatraman,
David Cuartielles, Christopher Scales, Alexander Wiethoff
Co-students: Marcin Ignac
Coumpound EYE at NEXT 06
Compound EYE was selected to be part of NEXT 06 exhibition at Arhus, Denmark by Innovation Lab, Copenhagen.
