%O Report %F wang2015camswarm %A Wang, Yan %A Wang, Jue %A Chang, Shih-Fu %T CamSwarm: Instantaneous Smartphone Camera Arrays for Collaborative Photography %I arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01148 %X Camera arrays (CamArrays) are widely used in commercial filming projects for achieving special visual effects such as bullet time effect, but are very expensive to set up. We propose CamSwarm, a low-cost and lightweight alternative to professional CamArrays for consumer applications. It allows the construction of a collaborative photography platform from multiple mobile devices anywhere and anytime, enabling new capturing and editing experiences that a single camera cannot provide. Our system allows easy team formation; uses real-time visualization and feedback to guide camera positioning; provides a mechanism for synchronized capturing; and finally allows the user to efficiently browse and edit the captured imagery. Our user study suggests that CamSwarm is easy to use; the provided real-time guidance is helpful; and the full system achieves high quality results promising for non-professional use %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.01148 %D 2015