Video time travel made possible with GigaPan Time Machine

When first introduced to GigaPan technology in 2009, we wondered how the technology weaves together many photos for making an ultra-high-resolution image with the option of zooming in and out. However, this time, GigaPan has made a foray into the video making genre. The latest Time Machine designed and developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute can create videos of gigapixel-scale and can be played backwards and forwards in various speeds.

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The GigaPan technology was first developed by the CREATE Lab and NASA, which could conver thousands of digital pictures into a panorama for exploration through computer. However, the lately developed Time Machine has been built with the latest version of the HTML, HTML5. The CREATE Lab computer scientists Randy Sargent, Chris Bartley and Paul Dille have developed algorithms and software architecture using HTML 5 to shift from one video portion to another. The GigaPan site streams only specific video fragments to the segment and time frame. It's all done to keep the bandwidth manageable.

The Time Machine can play video without plugins in a browser. This incredible feature allows you to enjoy less bandwidth-intensive and more seamless video playback. That makes the Time Machine a useful tool for the scientists, as well as great fun fun for users like you.

Curious, how it's actually done? Check it out!

Via: Physorg/Popsci