Viewing Myself in 3rd Person

Step 11 Advanced Setups: Multiple Cameras & Gun Mount

After ripping our minds out, we decided to play around with some other options. There are a bunch of ideas here, but we decided to stick with the video game type views. We added a camera mount over the shoulder, to give that 1st person iron sight look. And a gun (paintball marker) mounted camera.

We recorded the video separately on the two cameras on the back. We transmitted the marker mounted camera signal to the laptop where it was recorded. The goggles viewed the marker camera. In the future we will add a switch so that you can quickly switch between views. I am sure that will mess with our heads even further.

The paintball mounted camera worked very well. It was very natural and a nice break from the 3rd person view. Being able to control the camera position manually helped a lot. The basic idea here is that using a setup like this, you are able to stick your gun out and scout out an area and possible fire at a target without putting yourself in danger.

Of course, running around with video goggles on is sure to get yourself killed, but heck, this is just a test.

In practice you are more likely going to use a separate video screen or heads up display for the gun camera. This allows you to see naturally, with the option of viewing the gun camera. This is in the works.

Either way, it was a neat experience to use the marker mounted camera. It was a little dark out, and with the resolution of the camera it was hard to see the target (a cardboard box) and the paintballs clearly. However, I was certainly able to scout around safely and make decent shots at the target.

Given daylight and a larger target, it would have worked better. Either way, it was an worthwhile experiment.

 

Comments

[tox1cchicken]

just a thought but would a higher view with a wide angle camera give a better perspective for the 3rd person view?

[desertstorm2000]

nvm looks like a 98 custom, u just mounted that scope on it, in the video it looks different.

[desertstorm2000]

what paintball marker is that? it looks like some aug... and if i were u i wouldn't actually try paintballing wit that

[cybervanig2000]

Bravo! it's original ideas like this that make this site so awesome.

[kapi00]

do you have any screen shots of that the person wearing it saw