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They didn't try very hard to show a realistic earth curvature. sigh Now every non-geek thinks he actually jumped from as high as, say, the ISS, instead of 10% o
by Luc 14y ago
They didn't try very hard to show a realistic earth curvature. sigh Now every non-geek thinks he actually jumped from as high as, say, the ISS, instead of 10% of that.
I've already seen the non-specialized press pointing out how clearly the earth curvature is visible in the pictures - but it's highly exaggerated by a fish-eye lens!
- shardling 14y agoI wonder how easy it would be to just apply a transform that reverses the fish-eye effect. If the source video were high quality enough it might be pretty interesting.
- Luc 14y agoIt's a standard feature on e.g. Adobe After Effects. I hope someone will do it!
- benlm 14y agoThe commentator on the live feed did reiterate several times that the exaggerated curvature was due to the lens, I guess the press just decided to ignore that.
- joelrunyon 14y agoIt was a big marketing event after all. The extra curvature probably adds to the hyper-realism and makes people all the more excited about the campaign.