WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Conical Anamorphic Projection of Photographic Images

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image
number of cells
256
cell edges
This Demonstration explores the anamorphic projection of rasterized photographic images.
Each image is divided into a set of square cells. Each cell is then mapped as a polygon with the same color as the original cell in the photograph.
The conical anamorphic projection of a point at
(x,y)
as seen from infinity in a conical mirror with opening angle
θ
and base radius 1 is given by the mapping
(x,y)
1-sec(θ)
2
x
+
2
y
-1
2
x
+
2
y
(x,y)
.
The central image is what you see in a conical mirror placed with its base covering the central black circle and the eye at infinity above the top of the cone. Without the mirror, the image is unrecognizable.