Carnegie Mellon’s GigaPan Time Machine brings time-lapse to panoramas

We’ve already seen GigaPan technology used for plenty of impressive panoramas , but some researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have now gone one step further with their so-called “GigaPan Time Machine” project. Thanks to the magic of HTML5 and some time-consuming (but automated) photography, you can now “simultaneously explore space and time” right in your web browser — that is, zoom in and around a large-format panorama that also happens to be a time-lapse video. If you don’t feel like exploring yourself, you can also jump straight to some highlights — like the like the construction of the Hulk statue at the CMU Carnival pictured above. Ht up the source link below to try it out — just make sure you’re in either Chrome and Safari, as they’re the only compatible browsers at this time. Continue reading Carnegie Mellon’s GigaPan Time Machine brings time-lapse to panoramas Carnegie Mellon’s GigaPan Time Machine brings time-lapse to panoramas originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink