The computing device 100 can include a camera 102 for capturing 2D and 3D images and video. In certain embodiments, the camera 102 may capture 2D images and video, for example, a 2D digital photograph or movie. The 2D images and video may be captured, generated or otherwise stored in various data formats, e.g., file formats, which can include rasterized, and/or vector data. The camera 102 may also capture 3D images and video, which can also include in various data formats, e.g., file formats, which can include rasterized and/or vector data. The videos for both the 2D and 3D embodiments can be stored in a series of image frames that depict respective 2D or 3D images at particular periods of time. For example, digital videos can be generated or captured as 2D or 3D images in individual frames, that when played back-to-back create the illusion of a motion picture. Frames can be captured at a “frame-per-second” rate, where higher frames-per-second videos appear more realistic and provide a higher movie quality than videos with lower frames-per-second.
For example, the videos may be captured at differing frames-per-second, e.g., 30 frames-per-second which would include 30 images per second of video time. The video images can include the same formats and types as the 2D or 3D images or may include a propriety format or type specific to the video format originally used to take the video. The 2D or 3D images may be captured with the full visible color spectrum or using other methods, such as infrared, thermal imaging, or low light-imaging. The camera 102 may be a number of different types, including, for example, normal lens, wide-angle lens, long-focus lens, fisheye lens, stereoscopic lens, ultraviolet lens, infrared lens, etc.