"Dream Team" to Create Gigapixel Photo System

neutron_p writes "An eclectic group of artists and scientists that organizers have dubbed the "dream team" of imaging and visualization are gathered at New York University this week to begin to create a photographic system capable of capturing and displaying a gigapixel of visual information in a single image. The first Big Picture Summit, Dec. 8 and 9, is organized by artist-photographer Clifford Ross. Ross says his goal is to bring closer to reality his desire to create a "you are there" photographic experience for those who have not personally witnessed the sublime beauty of natural scenes such as Mt. Sopris in Colorado."

Comments

Why artists?

[Realistic_Dragon]

Sounds like a technical question to me and the last thing you want when solving technical problems is an artist saying 'well yes, that's all very nice, but we think it should be pink'.

Sublime screenshot of Mt. Sopris

[GillBates0]

as taken from Gpx imaging system:

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Re:Sublime screenshot of Mt. Sopris

[Anonymous Coward]

holy crap. It is like I am really there.

Re:Red Team Racing

[Anonymous Coward]

thus allowing scientists to be able to photograph very small complex things.

Like W's sense of compassion, the Democrat's long-term vision, or my genitalia.

Re:It's been done, albeit with some manual steps

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Actually, he's technically right. Not many people know that the photo of Bryce Canyon in Utah was taken by a photographer standing at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Now, you can really get a sense for just how much resolution that camera is capable of. Plus, it compensates for the curvature of the Earth.

Another idea that will go nowhere

[spidergoat2]

...until the porn industry co-opts it.

Yeah Right

[Greyfox]

I'm not going to click a link on slashdot that invites me to see the "Grand Canyon." Especially not in gigapixel resoluton.