The MeucciCam pool cue camera

[Fastolfe]

No-one at the poolhall tonight. I was bored, so I strapped my camera onto my Meucci and banged some balls:



The camera made the cue super-heavy and, being on top of the cue, it kept trying to keel over, so the shots aren't exactly Mosconi-grade. Still, it's funny to see what the cue sees. I figured you'd enjoy it

 

[JusticeNJ]

That was pretty cool.

 

[Exile]

i enjoyed that. You could be onto something.

 

[Gatz]

HAHA this is super cool, I love the bunting sound when you grabbed the rake out, haha!. I feel like i'm ONE with the cue.

 

[Fastolfe]

i enjoyed that. You could be onto something.

Come to think of it, it'd be cool if televised pool matches included "from-the-cue" shots. There are already all manners of on-board cameras in other spots (motor races, kayaking, poker, ...), so I think the first pool player to play with a cue designed with a wireless camera inside from the get-go could sell his images to the networks and start a trend.

 

[woody_968]

For some reason this reminded me of an old movie, but I dont know for sure which one it was. Im thinking maybe it was "Airplane"? Anyone know the movie and the part Im thinking of?

 

[javi2]

That's wild. If you put a Groucho nose and glasses on that cue you'd swear it was alive!

 

[14oneman]

So much for chalking between shots!oke:

Very cool.:thumbup2:

 

[Rethunk]

This gives new meaning to the video game term "first-person shooter." Seeing the cue's eye view is like watching a game of Quake or Halo.

 

[shanis42]

would be a cool look for a CTE explanation

I had that thought a couple of years ago with the CTE discussions. Seeing it from that vantage point would be good for training videos, and definitely televised matches.

You might be on to something.

 

[ykndoit]

So much for chalking between shots!oke:

I was thinking the same thing!!!

And I almost threw up a few times from all the motion!

pretty kewl tho.

 

[ScottTaylor]

woody_968: I'd bet the movie you are thinking of is The Naked Gun. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvCgSW5zUM&NR=1, beginning at 3:10.

 

[woody_968]

woody_968: I'd bet the movie you are thinking of is The Naked Gun. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvCgSW5zUM&NR=1, beginning at 3:10.

We have a winner :grin:

Funny some of the things that we remember LOL.

 

[irock]

Pretty cool. That is weird, coming home from league tonight, I was just thinking how cool it would be to get some of the top pros to shoot some racks with a camera showing spot on aimed shots, this view would be perfect. I am betting you would not get them to do it, and if they did, it would not be their normal routine. They are not give up anything, not even to Joey A. (lol)

 

[Fastolfe]

I was just thinking how cool it would be to get some of the top pros to shoot some racks with a camera showing spot on aimed shots, this view would be perfect. I am betting you would not get them to do it, and if they did, it would not be their normal routine. They are not give up anything, not even to Joey A. (lol)

They would have to play with a cue designed with a camera inside in the first place, with a proper weight and balance, and that shoots pictures with a low-profile fisheye lens all around the cue, so that the player doesn't have to mind the cue's rotation. My own setup was WAY too heavy and unwieldy to play anything useful. It was just for fun.

If such a cue existed, I don't think the pro players would mind you seeing what movements they impart to the cue. What they do isn't secret, it's just that they do it very well through years of training. They wouldn't reveal anything more than "it takes training and talent to do that"