Design and Development of a Portable Stereoscopic Wigglegram Camera

This project details the design, development, and implementation of a custom-built, portable stereoscopic camera capable of capturing animated wigglegrams. While the wigglegram effect has traditionally been limited to specialized analog film cameras or bulky adapters, this project represents the world’s first digital wigglegram camera outside of a few private prototypes. To realize this vision, the project required expertise in electrical engineering, software engineering, and mechanical design. The camera utilizes four horizontally aligned camera modules controlled by multiple processors to capture the wigglegrams. The device surpasses most of its initial goals, such as synchronization between the first and last camera capture of less than 16 ms. Despite multiple identified limitations, such as image resolution and quality, the final product serves as a successful proof-of-concept and a baseline for further improvement.