At first look I thought this was the same image over and over. Upon further inspection, I see that there's an angle and lighting difference, a result of the slight difference in positions between all the cameras in the array.
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This kind of ties all the way back to that Matrix example from one of the first lectures, except in that case the cameras were ever so slightly separated in time in addition to space. Still, the same principle applies - had the cameras all taken a picture at the same time, you could've created essentially the same 3D effect we see with these light field/camera array photos, because that's just what it was. Somehow I hadn't made the connection...
At first look I thought this was the same image over and over. Upon further inspection, I see that there's an angle and lighting difference, a result of the slight difference in positions between all the cameras in the array.
This kind of ties all the way back to that Matrix example from one of the first lectures, except in that case the cameras were ever so slightly separated in time in addition to space. Still, the same principle applies - had the cameras all taken a picture at the same time, you could've created essentially the same 3D effect we see with these light field/camera array photos, because that's just what it was. Somehow I hadn't made the connection...