A Ball-Tracking Projector Lets You Juggle With Stars and Planets

There has n’t been much invention in the world of juggle since the chainsaw was invented . But thanks to the employment of Hiroaki Yamaguchi and Hideki Koike , whocreated a real - clip trailing and projection systemthat can contribute globe to life , busking is about to get interesting again .

The motion capture engineering science used for the organisation relies on six television camera running at 250 frame per arcsecond to calculate the 3D position of multiple ball at once . A projector then uses that data to generate and position overlays so each ball looks like it ’s a living planet , an animated face , or whatever you need them to be .

With a secure enough projector it could even ease on - glob advertizement for games like baseball game and basketball since that ’s where all eyes are glued during a catch , but allow ’s hope it does n’t come to that anytime soon . [ DigInfo ]