Posted 04.21.2011 at 5:35 pm
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GigaPan Time Machine
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In 2009, we marveled at GigaPan, technology that sews together hundreds of photos to make a ultra-high-res image that you can zoom in and out of. Now GigaPan has introduced Time Machine -- which adds the miracle of time-lapse photography to create gigapixel-scale videos that you can play forwards and backwards in a range of speeds.
With the same incredible level of detail that GigaPan’s earlier photo project provided, the GigaPan Time Machine site features several different worlds for the avid time traveler to explore. You can zoom in and out of early universe phenomena, track stinkbugs during plant growth, and follow the intricacies of brain veins. You can even make your own time machines.
The GigaPan Time Machine builds on the work of the previous GigaPan project, which allowed the user to zoom far into each photo while retaining the original resolution--because each photo was actually a mosaic made up of many other photos, taken at different ranges. Time Machine adds a fourth dimension, allowing you to zoom in, out, and around while also moving through time.
Time Machine is built with HTML5, the newest revision of the HTML language. Its capabilities, especially the ability to play video in a browser without the need for plugins, allows more seamless and less-bandwidth-intensive video playback. Plus, it means that what could be merely a tool for scientists is also a ton of fun for the curious everyday internet user, which we assume you are. You can check it out here.
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LOL...
really? a story about the groundbreaking and amazing technology of rewinding and fastforwarding video?
O_o
I agree. I find the bandwidth control really cool though.
congratz on being able to rewind a video
That's very cool. The timelapse browser looks great on chrome. nice and smooth.
We're working with a lab at the University of Chicago on a similar project with gigapixel timelapse - we have solar powered wireless gigapixel time-lapse cameras out in the dunes along Lake Michigan (the timelapse player isn't as smooth but it runs in flash on any browser)... www.gigavision.org
So, fast forwarding a video makes it a Time Machine? huh. [Read the sarcasm] ▲Bruno▲
I thought time machine is a medium that can take us back in the past, I just don't get it how does rewinding or forwarding a video can consider it a time machine. Anyway traveling through time is something which is very impossible though time travel is a great concept, and the matter has fascinated people and made for some great yarns in science fiction.
Chinese physicists also agreed on the idea that it can never be real. They even found out in a study that time travel is physically impossible in real life, so better just get accustomed to the present. Here is the proof: Possibility of time travel quashed by
I thought time machine is a medium that can take us back in the past, I just don't get it how does rewinding or forwarding a video can consider it a time machine. Anyway traveling through time is something which is very impossible though time travel is a great concept, and the matter has fascinated people and made for some great yarns in science fiction.
Chinese physicists also agreed on the idea that it can never be real. They even found out in a study that time travel is physically impossible in real life, so better just get accustomed to the present. Here is the proof: Possibility of time travel quashed by scientists