A video company which can help camera crews following a football from sunshine to shadow has been spun out of the University of Warwick.

Researchers from the university have formed goHDR to commercialise their work on a new video system which could also help surveillance camera operators and surgeons using video to conduct or record surgery.

The University of Warwick WMG researchers have developed the world’s first complete High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system, which is much more effective in capturing light and dark than traditional technology.

Professor Alan Chalmers of the WMG’s Visualisation Research group at the University of Warwick said: “We have put together unique compression software with a high performance HDR camera and HDR displays that will revolutionise the use of HDR in a range of applications.

“The impact will be enormous, for example, the ability to clearly see the football when it is kicked from the shadow of the stadium into sunshine, or surveillance cameras which can detect detail even in extreme lighting conditions.”

“We have also recently successfully trialled its use to assist and document surgery together with the thoracic surgery team and the multimedia group at Heartlands Hospital.

“HDR is able to accurately capture for the first time the wide range of lighting present in an operation from the dark body cavities through to the bright highlights on the shiny medical instruments.”