Gigapixel cameras on the market in 5 years?

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Re: Gigapixel cameras on the market in 5 years?

Post by Ian » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:21 pm

Photo-quality realism in video games in ten years or so. :tea:
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Post by mistermack » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:27 pm

Photo quality porn video might interest me, but games, no.
And anyway, in ten years time, I'll probably have forgotten what porn is for. Or how doors work.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:29 pm

Realistic animated porn would be a nightmare. The pervs would be lovin' it.
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Post by mistermack » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:33 pm

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Realistic animated porn would be a nightmare. The pervs would be lovin' it.
They could improve the images, but it wouldn't improve the acting.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:36 pm

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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Realistic animated porn would be a nightmare. The pervs would be lovin' it.
They could improve the images, but it wouldn't improve the acting.
Actually, it would, because they'd get their lines right the first time, they wouldn't screw up a money shot, and the women's orgasms would sound vaguely realistic, being recorded from life.
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Post by FBM » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:16 pm

With gigapixel cameras, you'd be able to count the individual spermatozoa...
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:23 pm

FBM wrote:With gigapixel cameras, you'd be able to count the individual spermatozoa...
And make a movie, "All That Jizz".
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Post by mistermack » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:36 pm

I'll bet the pictures of criminals by security cameras will still be as blurry as ever.
It could be a man, or a potato, or a rubbish bin. Hard to tell.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:38 pm

mistermack wrote:I'll bet the pictures of criminals by security cameras will still be as blurry as ever.
It could be a man, or a potato, or a rubbish bin. Hard to tell.
On the other hand, we could have cops enlarging pix to the point where we can see women in bathtubs even when they're not in the frame. [/obscure]
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Post by FBM » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:40 pm

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FBM wrote:With gigapixel cameras, you'd be able to count the individual spermatozoa...
And make a movie, "All That Jizz".
L8. That happened probably weeks after "All that Jazz" came out.
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Re: Gigapixel cameras on the market in 5 years?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:42 pm

FBM wrote:
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FBM wrote:With gigapixel cameras, you'd be able to count the individual spermatozoa...
And make a movie, "All That Jizz".
L8. That happened probably weeks after "All that Jazz" came out.
I doubt they used a gigapixel camera in that one, however. More like a Super 8.
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Re: Gigapixel cameras on the market in 5 years?

Post by MiM » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:40 pm

Could be cool for this kind of stuff.http://www.360cities.net/map#lat=60.195 ... de&zoom=19. And I bet people would find completely new ways of using it.
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