Intel announced it will be bringing its three-dimensional technology to Major League Baseball. The technology was introduced during All-Star Week and continues throughout the season. Intel strung close to 30 cameras around San Diego’s Petco Park to capture plays from virtually any angle on the field.
This set-up will make it easier for umpires and game officials to determine whether runners are safe or out, balls are in play or out and any number of replay-worthy captures of game play.
From sports to entertainment, 3D cameras and lenses are becoming more mainstream. A start-up called Matterport, Inc., and its researchers worked with three-dimensional camera technology to scan a member of the team’s house into the video game “Call of Duty.” It allowed the developers to feel as though they were “fighting zombies right in their own homes.”
Three-dimensional cameras have myriad potential uses that range from gaming to sports to retail to real estate. Because of the wide array of options, this technology is attracting interest from investors in start-up fields to major corporations. The technology will also have its place in the medical and surgical fields allowing physicians and surgeons the opportunity to capture better images of patients and help effect better medical treatment plans for patients. The technology could help in the orthopedic medical realm where hip and joint replacement surgeries could be enhanced through the 3D capture of patients’ problem areas.
Even though the 3D technology is currently pricey, developers feel there will be a time when it is within the budget for the average consumer to invest in the technology and capture their own three dimensional images. The technology could be housed in smart phones, tablets as well as cameras.
Google recently demonstrated its prototype telephone that creates 3D models of the space it scans. Apple is also said to be developing 3D capabilities for its technologies.
The technology is still in its infancy and it is a wide open field for developers scrambling to come up with the next bit of technology that will take the marketplace by storm.
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