Sweeping Panoramas, Courtesy of a Robot

Sweeping Panoramas, Courtesy of a Robot Anne Eisenberg NYT 6/20/08

The GigaPan provides a low-cost alternative to sophisticated motorized camera mounts on the market used to take panoramic photos, said Greg Downing, co-founder of the xRez Studio in Santa Monica, Calif., which specializes in gigapixel photography. The motorized mounts can cost thousands of dollars, he said, and typically require a high-end camera.

“We hope it will cost in the low hundreds of dollars — well below $500,” he said. The GigaPan will attach to any ordinary point-and-shoot digital camera.

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Database of Virtual Art

VICTORIA VESNA »NANO Mandala« 2004

This resource was recently posted on the ARLIS/NA listserv.

“The Database of Virtual Art documents the rapidly evolving field of digital installation art. This complex, research-oriented overview of immersive, interactive, telematic and genetic art has been developed in cooperation with established media artists, researchers and institutions.”

What’s telematic art? Go here to find out.

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