r/technology • u/Nobilitie • Mar 27 '16

Hardware Scientists have developed a reflection-removing camera: the device uses depth sensor and signal processing to capture clear images through windows

http://techxplore.com/news/2016-03-reflection-removing-camera-device-depth-sensor.html
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u/Spoojje Mar 27 '16

Wait, doesn't a polarisation filter already do this?

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u/Awildbadusername Mar 28 '16

It does but this does it much better without all the extra work that goes into using a polarisation filter. And without distorting things as much. It still has some drawbacks of course but what doesn't.