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I agree that it isn't a big deal but I was genuinely confused when I first read the article. That's why I made this comment. Even now, I still think that it is

I agree that it isn't a big deal but I was genuinely confused when I first read the article. That's why I made this comment. Even now, I still think that it is a bit misleading because they cannot reconstruct the scene from any photo(s) but only from a sequence of closely related photos which is better described by the word 'video'.

moocowduckquack 13y ago
The last paragraph in the article states otherwise though. "The photos were captured along a linear path; this geometry provided structure that the researchers could leverage to make processing the data more efficient. However, the researchers also generalized their approach so that it can be applied even to a set of images taken with a hand-held camera." Also, even the photos taken on the rail are not taken as video. You can tell this from the shots where someone is briefly in front of the camera. This is because to get the best data you want the camera to stop at a position on the rail while the shutter is open as otherwise you have to deal with motion blur or keep your exposure very short.