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Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by merraksh on Friday April 23, 2010 @11:41AM (#1288340)
Nice. Did the recording get interrupted by the camera being hit by one of the stadium's arcs?
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by Sukotto on Friday April 23, 2010 @03:24PM (#1289217)
You can actually see the beam incoming if you turn 90 degrees right or left from the starting point and looking as far up as possible. It's one of those lattice-style ones (four pipes in a cylindrical formation with diagonal pipes holding them all together)

edit: spelling

Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by jakecarpenter on Friday April 23, 2010 @01:58PM (#1288913)
Yeah, it did. I had a chance to talk to these guys at NAB a couple of weeks ago and the said the camera was destroyed by that beam.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by bradlane on Friday April 23, 2010 @11:55AM (#1288399)
That's what it looked like to me.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by microcentury on Friday April 23, 2010 @02:28PM (#1289037)
That was excellent. Had to suppress mild urge to run away.

Putting cameras in places where it's not safe to put a person seems to be a rich field to explore.

Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by bradlane on Friday April 23, 2010 @11:58AM (#1288405)
I believe this is Texas Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys, before they built their new stadium next door).

Here's a youtube video showing it from the outside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydZCjwQRuQk

EDIT: better video

Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by BrianHammond on Friday April 23, 2010 @01:12PM (#1288724)
Wow! That was really neat!

As someone who witnessed the events of 9/11 in NY from across the river in Hoboken, NJ this was fairly terrifying too. I was not expecting to have that association when I clicked the link!

Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by jrockway on Friday April 23, 2010 @02:43PM (#1289102)
If this was Reddit, I would have a great reply to your comment.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by sp332 on Friday April 23, 2010 @03:57PM (#1289298)
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by BrianHammond on Friday April 23, 2010 @10:04PM (#1290098)
I fully admit to having no idea what this refers to, but I'm scared anyway.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by count on Friday April 23, 2010 @11:31AM (#1288316)
I don't know if that was cooler than their Haiti thing, but it was definitely awesome.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by brown9-2 on Friday April 23, 2010 @12:09PM (#1288449)
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by podman on Friday April 23, 2010 @04:28PM (#1289382)
While from a technical standpoint I find these 360° videos really interesting but from fromt the standpoint of a person just watching, I find them frustrating. I feel, that no matter what way I'm facing, I'll miss out on something happening in another direction and that I'd have to watch the video many times in order to get the full experience. Does anyone else feel that way?
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by lutorm on Friday April 23, 2010 @08:08PM (#1289887)
That's just a reflection of how the world is. There's always something behind you.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by aristus on Saturday April 24, 2010 @03:26AM (#1290534)
In the real world you have stereo hearing and the ability to dart your eyes. This video has a similar feeling to a bad dream where Bad Stuff is happening but you can't move quickly enough.
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by brianobush on Saturday April 24, 2010 @01:19AM (#1290403)
It is the interface. You can turn your head easily, but with this thing you have to click and drag around. Maybe needs WASD-like kb UI...
Re:360° video from the inside of a stadium demolition by Batsu on Friday April 23, 2010 @07:28PM (#1289801)
While I don't feel frustrated by it, per se, I found myself watching the panoramic view on the bottom.