Video-Stitching Surveillance Camera Gives DHS 360-Degree, 100-Megapixel Seamless Views

Does this remind anyone else of the book 1984 by George Orwell? The feeling of omnipresent subjugation in that book was scary enough before. Thinking of this invention in that book is downright terrifying.

@polymath87

In what way does 360 surveillance as opposed to normal single camera surveillance remind you of 1984? I can certainly see the former as being more comprehensive, but until the DHS decides to post these ever 5 feet down the street in major cities as opposed to secure locations like airports, I don't see any difference to our current use of surveillance.

Or the video from the down facing camera is in the center with the other video around it. You probably end up with a square image that would be about 10000x10000 if you were fully zoomed in at 100MP

They already look at our naked bodies in the airport, track every financial transaction we make, track every website we visit, every call and text message we make, they track the vehicles we own, they track our financial records and most likely our medical histories too. Hell the NSA has multiple data mining programs with extremely massive databases just like google's with just this type of information in it. Anybody that doesn't think is is extremely naive.

With facial recognition technology they will be able to scan with this device, figure out who we are and instantly have a huge portfolio of everything we do, everybody we associate with, whether we are an "undesirable" and everything else there is to know about us, except maybe our own thoughts.

I crave a simpler life, away from high tech scrutiny. Away from the prying eyes. Away from the "controllers". Away from the U.S. Government and the National Security Agency. Lets all move to the Bahamas! Yeah!

The real gravy for this tech is in retail security. Particularly the "trace and track" feature. Being able to get a good quality feed of the offence (usually a rather small motion of stowing goods) as well as of the offender's face will to a long way towards reducing loss in big box stores that can afford the tech.

As a person who works in the surveillance industry I have to say that this is a really cool camera the only thing that most people should be concerned about would be bandwidth.

We sell a camera that is close to this kind of setup is it a 180° Vandal dome that have 4 2 megapixal cameras in it very cool and awesome picture.

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The real gravy for this tech is in retail security. Particularly the "trace and track" feature. Being able to get a good quality feed of the offence (usually a rather small motion of stowing goods) as well as of the offender's face will to a long way towards reducing loss in big box stores that can afford the tech.

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Isn't this 180 degrees? I mean it can not see above the ceiling right? It is just a half sphere. I understand there is no need to see above the camera installation level.

Try 360 degrees the other way. ;]

This is scary. Ever since I read 1984 security cameras make me feel uneasy.

The above would seem to spoil the user's bill to make choices.
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WOW! I am really curious to see an example of what the images look like. It makes since that such a high tech surveillance system would begin it's "career" in Homeland Security. I'm pretty sure, however, if it is a success, it won't take long for casinos to start picking up such contraptions. If you are interested in learning more about CCTV surveillance solutions and security cameras check out www.vs-us.com.