Imagine being able to see your bullet hitting the target as it hits its target or maybe go off by a minute. Posted on 04/02/2018 4:55:34 AM PDT by w1n1
Imagine being able to see your bullet hitting the target as it hits its target or maybe go off by a minute.
Vortex and Hornady released a video of a new “bullet-cam” and it had many talking, whether they believed it or not.
Some new technology that would hypothetically change the hunting and filming game forever from Vortex and Hornady took the outdoor world by storm recently.
News like this would change the industry…if only it were true, lol.
An epic April Fool’s prank cooked up an incredibly cool product, outstanding visuals and dialogue, and some cool acting from employees.
Vortex and Hornady released the video that would seem to be a legit product launch with the production quality and subsequent buzz. Its on the internet so its gotta be true, right? See the footage of this bullet cam from Vortex Hornady here.
Wow! I want some!!!
Glad to see they spin-stabilized the image. I’d get seasick watching the video otherwise.
In ten years, max.
Wanna bet?
[In ten years, max.
Wanna bet?]
It’ll have to be able to take being hit with 50,000 PSI and spun at a 200,000 RPM rotation and accelerated from zero to 2000 MPH in a millisecond.
My first thought was of the spin, and I actually sat in front of my console, attempting to visualize the mechanics of it...before I realized it was April Fool's Day.
Only a matter of time, though.
Good one!
It’s just a matter of matching the frame rate to the bullet’s spin rate. Basic math. We see that all the time in old movies, where the wagon/train wheels seem to be moving slowly forward or backward, or occasionally not moving at all.
At :20 - That’s what an optical engineer looks like ?
That’s one way, but tricky to keep ‘up’ up and ‘down’ down doing it that way.
Another option is to let the image spin, and use post-production software ot reorient the image based on frame-by-frame scene analysis, just like the anti-shake post-processing tool Warp Stabilizer by Adobe After Effects.
The first frames are considered ‘right side up,’ and each subsequent frame is rotated in order to match the majority of the scene to the previous frame.
Exactly. All that’s left is one detail: surviving the initial acceleration.
Those were the issues with using artillery for launching satellites, but (IIRC) they developed solutions, at least for projectiles 8-12" in diameter. If you haven't read anything about Gerald Bull, you might find it entertaining & informative to do so...
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